Government of Nepal

Ministry of Finance

AID MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR NEPAL

The project is planned to be implemented in support to following components:

1. Support to the Extension of the Formal Seed Sector

2. Smallholder Livestock Development

3. Local Entrepreneurship and Institutional Development

4. Programme Management Office

-Increased output of improved seed, including facilitating participation of seed companies through a competitive Grant Scheme

-Increased Awareness of improved seeds among disadvantaged groups and pepole in remote areas.

-Improved dairy and goat productivity.

-Microfinance outreach in the targeted area be improved.

-At least 7,200 households supported, organized around 720 groups and involving upto 13 private seed company operations participating in the production of approximately 730 metric tons (MT) of TL paddy: 830 MT of TL maize; 1660 MT of TL wheat; and 500 MT of a range of TL vegetable seeds.

-Support to establish at least 28 milk chilling centres under public-private partnership.

-30000 households will have access to financial services through the creation of at least 30 small farmer agriculture cooperatives and 6 local banks branch extension.

Improved household incomes through sustainable, market-drive productivity improvements, aiming to scale-up agriculture-led growth model will have been achieved.