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Nepal Agricultural Markets Development Programme (NAMDP) -Phase 1

Active District

achham

dailekh

jajarkot

kalikot

khotang

okhaldhunga

ramechhap

surkhet

Project Location: Achham, Dailekh, Jajarkot, Kalikot, Khotang, Okhaldhunga, Ramechhap, Surkhet,

PROJECT LOCATION	Ramechhap, Okhaldhunga, Khotang, Surkhet, Jajarkot, Dailekh, Kalikot, and Achham
PROGRAM STAFF	2
SUPPORT STAFF	N/A
NAME OF CLIENT/DONOR	SDC
START DATE (Month/Year)	March 2016
COMPLETION DATE (Month/Year)	December 2019
APPROX. VALUE OF SERVICES	CHF 374,030
NAME OF ASSOCIATION FIRM, IF ANY:	Swiss Contact
NAME OF THE FOCAL PERSON AT CEAPRED HEADQUARTER	Mr. Keshab Datta Joshi, Program Director

NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT

NAMDP was a market systems development programme under SDC’s Nepal Agriculture Growth Initiative (NAGI) which aimed to remove the agriculture market system deficit and sustainably improve livelihoods of rural smallholders, especially disadvantaged groups and women-headed households, through participation in commercial agriculture and interconnected markets.

The objective framework of NAMDP was based on a long-term vision of thriving and inclusive agriculture markets that develop the comparative advantages for import substitution and export growth and thus contribute to poverty reduction. Three commodities: Meat (goat and pig), Fresh vegetables and Spices, and Maize, and two cross sectors from among post–harvest practices, crop protection and mechanization were e selected for intervention.

The project aimed to:

Increase the additional net annual income of 25,000 semi commercial and commercial production units by NRS 20'000 (approximately $ 200), of which 30% were women led production units.
Create1, 600 new employments for poor and disadvantaged people.

NAMDP was expected to produce visible and measurable impact in a couple of commodity markets/ value chains. The project also worked in two cross-sectors, which were thought to be essential for developing the agriculture market systems and generating wider impact. It followed Market System Development (MSD) approach (also known as Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) approach which was new for Nepal at that time.

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES PROVIDED

The first phase of NAMDP covered initial 8 months’ preparatory period from March to October 2016 and about three years’ implementation period from November 2016 to December 2019. The preparatory period allowed the elaboration of the comprehensive and final programme document which guided the implementation period. The program during the 1st half of Phase 1 was mainly concentrated in two spatial clusters, namely, in the Eastern cluster: including Ramechhap, Okhaldhunga and Khotang districts, and the Western cluster: including Surkhet, Jajarkot, Dailekh, Kalikot, and Achham districts.

During the 2nd half of Phase 1, the programme was expanded to other important and promising road corridors; these included parts of the Terai region. During the subsequent Phases 2 and 3, the programme interventions were fully driven by dynamics and opportunities in selected commodity markets and cross sectors without explicit geographical focus; the emphasis then was to reaching broad coverage and achieve deep and systemic impact in the selected commodity markets and cross sectors.

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