Agriculture Statistical Information - Final

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Agricultural statistics of Nepal
 Agriculture is the mainstay of Nepal’s economy.

 The economic growth rate is estimated to be 5.84 percent in the current fiscal year.
 The economic growth rate could not be achieved as targeted due to the damage caused in the paddy production
following unseasonal rains and the effect of Omicron variant of Covid-19
 Agriculture comprises 23.9 % of the national GDP
 About 57.3% of the population engaged in agriculture
SUMMARY STATISTICS of KEY INDICATORS
LAND USE DISTRIBUTION BY USE CATEGORY
Category Area ('000 Hectares) Percentage (%)

Agricultural land cultivated 3,091 21.00
Agricultural land uncultivated 1,030 7.00
MAJOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

1. CROPS
Cereal Crops
Area in Hectare, Production in Metric Tonnes
2076/77 (2019/20) 2077/78 (2020/21) Percentage Productivity
Cereal contribution to
crop
cereals
Area Production Area Production
Paddy 1,458,915 5,550,878 1,473,474 5,621,710 50.56 3.81
Maize 957,650 2,835,674 979,776 2,997,733 26.96 3.06
Wheat 707,505 2,185,289 711,067 2,127,276 19.13 2.99
Millet 262,547 320,953 265,401 326,443 1.22
Buckwh 10,369 11,724 13,875 15,917 1.14
eat
Barley 24,404 31,147 21,862 29,433 1.34
Total 3,421,389 10,935,664 3,465,455 11,118,512 3.21
Cash Crops
2076/77 (2019/20) 2077/78 (2020/21) Productivity

Crops
Oilseeds 258,141 278,325 259,101 287,038 1.10
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Potato 188,098 3,131,830 198,788 3,325,231 16.73 (increased

by 6.2%)
Sugarcane 68,565 3,400,176 64,354 3,183,943 49.47(decreased
by 6.36%)
Jute 7,555 10,165 7,415 10,451 1.40
Cotton 135 140 142 147 1.03
Rapeseed- 77%
Pulses
2076/77 (2019/20) 2077/78 (2020/21) % contribution

Crops
Lentil 212,876 262,835 202,416 246,092 62.4 I
Chickpea 9,982 11,285 9,840 11,065 3
Pigeon Pea 16,895 17,063 16,591 16,649
Black Gram 23,056 20,440 24,500 21,633 III
Grass Gram 7,997 9,504 10,456 11,965
Horse Gram 6,326 6,865 13,311 15,453
Soyabean 26,775 34,544 25,758 32,178 II
Others 36,784 41,672 32,262 39,320
Total 340,692 404,210 335,143 394,355
2076/77 (2019/20) 2077/78 (2020/21) Productivity

Crops
Fruits (productivearea)
119,025 1,249,764 128,733 1,356,218 10.53
Vegetables 281,132 3,962,383 284,121 3,993,167 14.05
Tea 16,905 24,118 16,917 23,745 1.40
Coffee 2,355 297 3,052 315 0.10
Summer fruit- 62% of total fruit area and 65% of production

Mango- 56% of total summer fruit area and 42% of total summer fruit production
2076/77 (2019/20) 2077/78 (2020/21) Productivity

Crops
Large Cardamom 0.53
(Productive area) 16,565 9,545 15,668 8,289
Ginger 23,500 298,945 21,912 279,206 12.74
Garlic 10,185 73,859 9,784 72,490
Turmeric 9,795 99,907 10,340 105,719
Dry Chili 10,276 68,025 12,525 87,731

Silk worm(Cocoon) 1,505 35 1,538 39
Honey(No. ofHives)
248,037 3,997 249,680 4,062
Fish (Total) 97,271 104,623
Mushroom fresh 12,607 13,241
 Nepal is the largest producer of cardamom in world.

 Major exportable agricultural commodity
 Export value- Rs 7010829000 (7 Arba) , 8842762 Kg
 Top districts producing cardamom- Taplejung, Panchthar, Illam, Sankhuwasabha
FY 2076/77 FY 2077/78
Total seed supply in
Total seed supply in

Total seed require-
Total seed require-

Seed Replacement
Seed Replacement
ment in Metric.
ment in Metric.
Rate(SRR)
Rate(SRR)
Crops
Metric tons
Metric tons
Tons
Tons
Paddy 70,885 16,998 23.98 67,252 17,749 26.39
Maize 23,911 3,303 13.81 23,941 3,210 13.41
Wheat 84,479 17,039 20.17 84,479 17,522 20.74
Cereals 179,275 37,340 20.83 175,672 38,481 21.90
Lentil 8,351 345 4.13 8,515 455 5.34
Mustard 2,603 337 12.95 2,581 330 12.79
Seed Production
FY 2077/78
Crops BS FS CS IS Total
Paddy 13.39 481.87 1075.73 13580.05 15151.04
Maize 1.17 31.09 11.30 1024.30 1067.86
Wheat 33.29 550.81 600.90 17522.00 18707.00
Lentil 1.15 8.37 1.45 455.00 465.97
Rapeseed 0.69 7.73 2.42 330.00 340.84
Vegetables NA NA NA NA NA
Total 49.69 1079.87 1691.8 32911.35 35732.71
Table 15.2: Contribution in Agriculture GDP by Types of Commodity (%), Current Price
Year
Commodities
2020/21
2020/21 2021/22
2021/22
Paddy 12.64 11.30

Wheat 4.46 4.63
Maize 6.79 6.83
Barley 0.06 0.07
Millet 0.77 0.78
Triticale, Buckwheat, Fonio, Quinoa, other cereals ne.c 0.04 0.04
Groundnuts, seed for planting 0.02 0.02
Linseed 0.07 0.07
Mustard seed 1.04 1.07
Sesame seed 0.01 0.01
Other oilseed 0.28 0.28
Beans, dry 0.39 0.40
Broad beans and horse beans, dry 0.02 0.02
Chick peas, dry 0.20 0.20
Lentils, dry 2.19 2.22
Cow peas, dry 0.36 0.37
Pigeon peas, dry 0.20 0.20
Pulses, n.e.c. 0.20 0.20
Mushrooms and truffles 0.16 0.15
Vegetables, fresh, 16.36 16.67
Potatoes 5.43 5.52
Sweet potatoes 0.02 0.02
Yams 0.04 0.04
Yautia 0.08 0.08
Other edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin
0.03 0.03
content,
Sugar cane 1.36 1.32
Unmanufactured tobacco 0.00 0.00
Cotton, whether or not ginned 0.00 0.00
Jute, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted, ex- 0.04 0.04
cept flax, true hemp and ramie
Cut flowers and flower buds including bouquets, wreaths, 0.06 0.06
floral baskets and similar articles
Avocados 0.00 0.00
Bananas 1.34 1.36
Mangoes 2.46 2.51
Guava 0.15 0.15
Papayas 0.09 0.09
Pineapples 0.12 0.12
Other tropical and subtropical fruits, 0.13 0.13
Lemons and limes 0.60 0.61
Oranges (Mandarine) 0.84 0.85
Sweet Orange 0.23 0.23
Other citrus fruit, 0.06 0.06
Apples 0.28 0.29
Pears and quinces 0.13 0.14
Apricots 0.02 0.02
Peaches and nectarines 0.05 0.05
Plums and sloes 0.04 0.04
Other pome fruits and stone fruits 0.01 0.01
Kiwi fruit 0.01 0.01
Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberries 0.00 0.00
Strawberries 0.00 0.00
Other fruits, 0.09 0.09
Almonds, in shell 0.00 0.00
Walnuts, in shell 0.11 0.11
Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in
0.08 0.09
shell
Olives 0.00 0.00
Coconuts, in shell 0.06 0.06
Coffee, green 0.00 0.01
Tea leaves 0.08 0.09
Chilies 0.67 0.66
Onion 1.43 1.47
Garlic 0.59 0.60
Coriander seed 0.04 0.04
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw 0.00 0.00
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pi-
0.44 0.46
menta spp.), raw
Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw 0.45 0.46
Ginger, raw 1.49 1.64

Buffalo meat 4.46 4.40
Raw milk of cattle 4.42 4.62
Raw milk of buffalo 7.74 7.85

Excreta of animals useful for manure/fertilizer and fuel
2.11 1.97
preparation
Other raw milk 0.05 0.05
Sheep 0.08 0.08
Goats 3.13 3.16
Raw milk of sheep, goats 0.01 0.01
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool 0.01 0.01
0.00 0.00
preparation
Swine / pigs 0.34 0.36
0.00 0.00
preparation
Chickens 1.53 1.63
Turkeys 0.00 0.00
Ducks 0.01 0.01
Other hen eggs in shell, fresh 0.83 0.88
Other eggs from other birds in shell, fresh 0.01 0.01
0.02 0.02
preparation
Rabbits and hares 0.00 0.00
Ostriches and emus 0.01 0.01
Other Birds (pigeon) 0.01 0.02
Natural honey 0.15 0.18
Capital formation 0.79 0.75
Forestry 7.18 7.01
Fishery 1.68 1.83
Total 100.00 100.00
S.N Sectors contribution

on GDP
2077/78 2078/79
(2020/21) (2021/22) P
Agriculture, Foresty and Fishing 24.90 23.95
1 Agriculture 16.29 15.60
1.1 Growing of Cereals and other crops 9.18 8.34
Growing of vegetables, horticultural, specialities andnursery products
1.2 5.84 5.99
1.3 Growing of fruit, nuts beverage and spice crops 1.27 1.27
2 Livestocks 6.40 6.23
2.1 Farming of domestic animals; dairy farming 5.76 5.57
Other animals farming ;production of animals prod-ucts

2.2 0.64 0.66
3 Forestry 1.79 1.68
4 Fishery 0.42 0.44
Annual sales of chemical fertilizer
 The contribution of agriculture sector to GDP has been declining while the contribution of service sector has
been increasing since last many years. The contribution of the industrial sector has remained almost stable.
 The contribution of agriculture, industry and service sector to GDP was 37.4 percent, 17.5 percent and 45.1
percent respectively in two decades ago; however such contribution is estimated to be 23.9 percent, 14.3
percent and 61.8 percent respectively in the current fiscal year. This shows that the structure of the economy
has changed and Nepal's economy is gradually transforming from an agrarian economy to a service economy
 In the current FY 2021/22, the total value addition in agriculture, industry and services sector are estimated to
increase by 2.3 percent, 8.1 percent and 6.6 percent respectively
 The growth rate in non-agriculture sectors has been stronger than that of the agricultural sector and asa result,
there has been a steady decline in the sector’s percentage of contribution to GDP
 The total forest area has reached to 44.8 percent of total land area including 40.4 percent of forest and 4.4
percent shrub and vegetation. In terms of topography of Nepal, the highest forest area is in the mid-hills and
the lowest is in the Terai
 Minimum Support Price:

To increase the attraction of the general public towards agribusiness, it is ensured that farmers will get fair
price of agricultural produce on the basis of production cost. The minimum support price of paddy, wheat and
sugarcane among the major food crops has been fixed in order to discourage the influence of middlemen in the
agricultural sector.
 GoN introduced MSP for paddy and wheat in 2053/54
 removed in 2054/55
 again started from 2069/70
 MSP for sugarcane from – 2067/68
Current year 2022/23
Commodity MSP (Rs/quintal)

Sugarcane 610 =540(given by
mill)+70(subsidy)
Coarse Paddy 2967
Fine paddy 3128
Wheat 3351
Production Status of Agricultural Sector
 The share of food crops in the total agricultural production is 44.3 percent, 17.1 percent of vegetables, 15.3
percent of cash crops, 13.2 percent of industrial crops, 5.8 percent of fruit crops.
 During this period, the production of honey, spices, fruits, vegetables, cash crops, and pulses has increased,
while the production of food crops and industrial crops has decreased.
 Among agricultural crops, the productivity of vegetable crops is the highest, while the productivity of food
crops is the lowest.
 A high growth rate has also been observed in honey production.
 An unseasonal rain in the current fiscal year is estimated to have shrunk of paddy production by 8.7 percent
and productivity by 9.0 percent. It is estimated that overall food production and productivity will shrink by
3.1 and 3.7 percent due to the decrease in paddy production. Similarly, the production of industrial crops is
estimated to decrease by 0.6 percent.
 In the FY 2021/22, the cultivated area of paddy is estimated to increase by 0.2 percent. In FY 2020/21,
cultivated area of paddy had increased by 1.0 percent, production by 1.28 percent and productivity by 0.4
percent.
 Maize has been planted in 985,565 hectares of land in the FY 2021/22. The area for cultivated land for maize
has increased by 0.6 percent this year. Maize production and productivity are estimated to have increased by
3.6 percent and 3.0 percent respectively.
 In the FY 2021/22, wheat has been planted in 716,978 hectares of land. Wheat productivity is expected to
increase by 0.8 percent this year
Pulses Crops
 In the FY 2021/22, the area planted with pulses such as red lentils, gram, pigeon pea, horse-gram,
soybeans etc has decreased by 0.5 percent compared to the previous fiscal year, while production
and productivity are expected to increase moderately.
 In the FY 2021/22, the productivity of pulses is estimated to increase by 3.4 percent, reaching the
total production to 483,071 metric tons.
 In the FY 2021/22, the share of red lentil in the total production of pulses is estimated to be 62.0
percent. During this period, production and productivity of lentil crop is expected to increase by 2.5
percent and 4.6 percent respectively.
 The highest productivity of pulses in the current fiscal year is 1.4 metric tons per hectare for
soybean, while the overall productivity of pulses is expected to increase by 3.4 percent.
Cash crops
 Potato production under cash crop in the current FY 2021/22 is estimated to increase by 3.9 percent as
compared to FY 2020/21 and reached to 34,54,000 metric tons,
 Production of oilseeds is estimated to decline by 3.4 percent reaching to 277,000 metric tons.
 The productivity of potato and oilseeds during this period is estimated to be 17.6 metric tons and 1.1 metric
tons per hectare respectively.
Vegetables Crops
 Production of vegetables in FY 2021/22 as compared to FY 2020/21 is estimated to increase by 4.0 percent
reaching to 4.153 million metric tons
Fruits
 Fruit production is estimated to increase by 4.1 percent as compared to the previous fiscal year, reaching to Rs.
1.416 million metric tons in FY 2021/22.
Agricultural Research
As of mid-March of FY 2021/22, source seeds (food grains, pulses and oilseeds) of 4,009 Metric tons
and improved seeds of 13,808 Metric tons has been produced.
In FY 2020/21, source seeds of 2,771 metric tons and improved seeds of 32,911 metric tons were
produced.
Budget allocated for Agricultre sector in fiscal year 2022/23
Total budget- 1,793,837,300,000

 For MOALD - Rs. 55.97 billion (3.1% of total budget)
 For the Prime Minister's Agriculture Modernization Project- Rs.
5.90 billion
 As Seed Capital for the establishment of the A Farmers’ Welfare
fund- Rs. 1 billion
 For the procurement of fertilizer- Rs. 15 billion
 For the construction of 100 community grain storehouses - Rs. 450
million
 To provide 80 percent subsidy for crop and animal insurance
premium- Rs. 760 million
 To provide subsidy to sugarcane farmers- Rs. 810 million
 For the implementation of the Agriculture Production Programme
for Self-reliance- Rs. 10 billion
Vision
 To reduce the import of basic agricultural products such as paddy,
maize, wheat, vegetables, and fruits by at least 30 percent in the
coming year,
 To double exports next year, reduce imports by at least 20 percent
and maintain trade balance within the next five years,
 To increase decent employment at a rate of 30 percent per annum,
 To provide housing to the landless Dalits within the next three
years,
 To uplift 800 thousand Nepali above the absolute poverty line
annually,
 To achieve Human Development Index score of 0.650 by
improving the quality of the health and education sectors.

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Agricultural statistics of Nepal

 Agriculture is the mainstay of Nepal’s economy.

SUMMARY STATISTICS of KEY INDICATORS

LAND USE DISTRIBUTION BY USE CATEGORY

Category Area ('000 Hectares) Percentage (%)

MAJOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

Total 3,421,389 10,935,664 3,465,455 11,118,512 3.21

2076/77 (2019/20) 2077/78 (2020/21) Productivity

Potato 188,098 3,131,830 198,788 3,325,231 16.73 (increased

2076/77 (2019/20) 2077/78 (2020/21) % contribution

2076/77 (2019/20) 2077/78 (2020/21) Productivity

Summer fruit- 62% of total fruit area and 65% of production

2076/77 (2019/20) 2077/78 (2020/21) Productivity

Dry Chili 10,276 68,025 12,525 87,731

 Nepal is the largest producer of cardamom in world.

Total seed supply in

Total seed require-

Paddy 12.64 11.30

Ginger, raw 1.49 1.64

Raw milk of buffalo 7.74 7.85

S.N Sectors contribution

Other animals farming ;production of animals prod-ucts

Annual sales of chemical fertilizer

 Minimum Support Price:

Current year 2022/23

Commodity MSP (Rs/quintal)

Production Status of Agricultural Sector

Budget allocated for Agricultre sector in fiscal year 2022/23

Total budget- 1,793,837,300,000

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