Seed Marketing Channel And Government Support In Seed Production In Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East) And Syangja District

The most important input for agricultural development is seed. Nepal’s environmental conditions are excellent for the production of numerous types of vegetable and cereal crop seeds. In order to evaluate the government support in seed production and seed marketing system, a study was carried out in the Syangja and Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East) district in 2022. Four key informant interviews, three focus groups, and 140 producers of vegetable and cereal crop seeds provided primary data. Secondary sources were used to obtain more crucial information. Different statically analysis was performed such as chi-square test. The main seed produced is rice and wheat for cereals and potatoes for vegetables. Agriculture Knowledge Center (AKC) of both district and Agriculture Development Resource Center (ADRC) have provided different support to the seed production cooperative such as seed production training and provides 50 -75 percentage subsidies for inputs such as seeds and seed production and processing machineries. The grower-cooperative-seed producer is the most prominent marketing channel among other marketing channels. As a result, additional support is required to increase the seed production. Seed marketing channel must be made more efficient.