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N T I S2010ILAM Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI)ICCI was founded in 1967. It has between 70 and 80 member enterprises that export large cardamom, tea,and ginger to the region (South Asia) and the Middle East. This TSI has a proactive management that is focusedon the needs of its clients. Despite its small size, limited infrastructure, and budget, it has used innovativemethods to provide BDS to its clients such as enlisting retired professionals from civil society to help withcapacity building and knowledge dissemination activities.ICCI is hampered by lack of capacity to train cardamom farmers in fighting the spread of diseases that havereached almost epidemic proportions in the area. Farmers are reluctant to seek advice from inexperiencedgovernment agricultural extension officers. And despite requests to Kathmandu, including through the FNCCI,no assistance has been forthcoming. This situation is quite representative of the difficulties local TSIs confrontin rural Nepal in trying to address effectively the needs of their clients. ICCI is also hampered by its limitedfinancial resources that restrict its ability to organize meetings and seminars.Observations from enterprises and other stakeholders: ICCI and similar sub-national TSIs need better technical and substantive support to service the needs oftheir members; Support for extension services is also an important requirement; and, There is need for an institutionalized mechanism to ensure prompt assistance from Kathmandu.Large Cardamom Association of Nepal (LCAN)LCAN is based in Birtamod, Eastern Nepal and has been active since 2002.There are about five serious exporters of large cardamom from Birtamod. Though small in number they arethe largest players by virtue of the town’s location as a major market for hill produce. LCAN was createdwith technical and financial support of Mercy Corps/USAID, as part of their support to boost rural householdincomes in the area around Birtamod. A major achievement of the technical support provided through USAIDand by SNV has been to replace the traditional weights and measures ‘Fawa’ system, biased against growers,with a more equitable system of weighing produce.Observations from enterprises and other stakeholders: The service capacity of LCAN is very limited. Yet, the needs of growers are great; Plant diseases have reduced planted acreage by almost 40 per cent in the preceding five years, whichurgently needs to be arrested. With proper resources, LCAN could help in providing extension servicesto growers (like ICCI mentioned above); and, New farming and post-harvest methods need to be introduced. Current practices are more than acentury old and reduce the resistance of plants to diseases. Likewise, LCAN and similar district-levelorganizations could help educate farmers.NEPAL TRADE INTEGRATION STRATEGY 2010BACKGROUND REPORT231
N T I S2010Nepal Ginger Producers and Traders Association (NGPTA)The NGPTA was established in Jhapa in 2005. It is the TSI for the ginger sector in Nepal.More than 100 enterprises are involved in trading and processing ginger in Nepal with around 30 to 40enterprises operating in the eastern region. The NGPTA was set up through the assistance of Mercy Corps/USAID. It supports ginger farmers and traders by providing technical support at farm level and in post-harvesthandling. The association is trying to move up the value chain by establishing a processing facility and seekinglinkages with an agricultural research institute for enhancing post-harvest management of ginger. It alsoprovides support to producers and traders in marketing and helps create awareness of CODEX standards.Observations from enterprises and other stakeholders: Ginger being a high-value product, there is scope for further in-country value addition. The NGPTAshould disseminate information on value addition opportunities among growers, traders, andprocessors; Much work needs to be done to inform businesses about quality management systems and introducethose in the sector to ensure acceptability of the product in higher value markets than in the SouthAsia region. This, again, is an area where the NGPTA should inform and disseminate knowledge amongeconomic actors in the sector;Apiculturists Network Nepal (Apinet)Founded in 2002 and based in Lalitpur, Apinet is the TSI representing honey producers and exporters inNepal.There are around 15 major exporters of honey in Nepal. The country possesses potential to develop substantialcapacity for organic honey production due to favourable beekeeping ecology and biodiversity. Up to 10,000tons of honey are produced every year without sucrose feeding. However, due to lack of technical know-howand lack of a clear export strategy, Nepal is unable to harness the available opportunities. In addition, despitethe high quality of Nepalese honey and high demand for the product in international markets, especially inEurope, Nepalese enterprises are unable to export honey due to the lack of MRL control and testing capacity,which is a serious SPS issue.Observations from enterprises and other stakeholders:Apinet is in a position to provide pertinent BDS to beekeepers and exporters, but is constrained by limitedfinancial resources. Nevertheless, it could focus on the following BDS: Provide beekeeping training; Carry out beekeeping research and development; disseminate trade information on honey; encourage consolidation of beekeeping in larger production units; encourage development of honey packaging; provide inputs for beekeeping and honey processing; help in marketing of honey; help in raising awareness of SPS issues; encourage foreign investment in apiculture; lobby for the development and implementation of a national policy for apiculture; and, lobby for the prompt establishment of an internationally accredited laboratory.232NEPAL TRADE INTEGRATION STRATEGY 2010BACKGROUND REPORT
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N T I S2010Nepal Ginger Producers and Traders Association (NGPTA)The NGPTA was established in Jhapa in 2005. It is the TSI for the ginger sector in Nepal.More than 100 enterprises are involved in trading and processing ginger in Nepal with around 30 to 40enterprises operating in the eastern region. The NGPTA was set up through the assistance <strong>of</strong> Mercy Corps/USAID. It supports ginger farmers and traders by providing technical support at farm level and in post-harvesthandling. The association is trying to move up the value chain by establishing a processing facility and seekinglinkages with an agricultural research institute for enhancing post-harvest management <strong>of</strong> ginger. It alsoprovides support to producers and traders in marketing and helps create awareness <strong>of</strong> CODEX standards.Observations from enterprises and other stakeholders: Ginger being a high-value product, there is scope for further in-country value addition. The NGPTAshould disseminate information on value addition opportunities among growers, traders, andprocessors; Much work needs to be done to inform businesses about quality management systems and introducethose in the sector to ensure acceptability <strong>of</strong> the product in higher value markets than in the SouthAsia region. This, again, is an area where the NGPTA should inform and disseminate knowledge amongeconomic actors in the sector;Apiculturists Network Nepal (Apinet)Founded in 2002 and based in Lalitpur, Apinet is the TSI representing honey producers and exporters inNepal.There are around 15 major exporters <strong>of</strong> honey in Nepal. The country possesses potential to develop substantialcapacity for organic honey production due to favourable beekeeping ecology and biodiversity. Up to 10,000tons <strong>of</strong> honey are produced every year without sucrose feeding. However, due to lack <strong>of</strong> technical know-howand lack <strong>of</strong> a clear export strategy, Nepal is unable to harness the available opportunities. In addition, despitethe high quality <strong>of</strong> Nepalese honey and high demand for the product in international markets, especially inEurope, Nepalese enterprises are unable to export honey due to the lack <strong>of</strong> MRL control and testing capacity,which is a serious SPS issue.Observations from enterprises and other stakeholders:Apinet is in a position to provide pertinent BDS to beekeepers and exporters, but is constrained by limitedfinancial resources. Nevertheless, it could focus on the following BDS: Provide beekeeping training; Carry out beekeeping research and development; disseminate trade information on honey; encourage consolidation <strong>of</strong> beekeeping in larger production units; encourage development <strong>of</strong> honey packaging; provide inputs for beekeeping and honey processing; help in marketing <strong>of</strong> honey; help in raising awareness <strong>of</strong> SPS issues; encourage foreign investment in apiculture; lobby for the development and implementation <strong>of</strong> a national policy for apiculture; and, lobby for the prompt establishment <strong>of</strong> an internationally accredited laboratory.232NEPAL TRADE INTEGRATION STRATEGY 2010BACKGROUND REPORT
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