Production economics of Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rose.) in Salyan district of Nepal

Acharya, Neema; Acharya, Bishnu Prasad; Dhungana, Surya Mani; Bist, Vidisha

doi:10.26832/24566632.2019.040408

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“…Hence, the higher net income gained from the GAP with mother rhizomeharvested treatment in this study was due to increased yield and the higher market price at the mother rhizome marketing period. A similar net income was also reported by various studies conducted in different districts of Nepal (Timsina 2010;Poudel et al 2016;Acharya et al 2019). Based on the production cost and net farm income of each treatment, this study showed that the GAP-adopted production costs were not much different from the traditional ones, but the GAP treatments resulted in much higher income.…”

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Adoption of Good Agricultural Practice to Increase Yield and Profit of Ginger Farming in Nepal

Baral

Kafle

Panday

et al. 2021

Journal of Horticultural Research

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Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is one of the major high-value cash crops in Nepal. Low yield, conventional farming, and limited access to production resources such as improved cultivars, production technologies, and extension services are the existing problems of Nepali ginger farmers. In this study, we conducted community based-participatory research in Ilam district, Nepal, in 2015–2017. This research aimed to explore the appropriate ginger farming technology considering yield, income, and environment. We compared the effect of four different ginger production technologies on ginger yield and net farm income that include: i) traditional practice with mother rhizome harvest, ii) traditional practice without mother rhizome harvest, iii) good agricultural practice (GAP) with mother rhizome harvest, and iv) GAP without mother rhizome harvest. The experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design with five replications. The yield of ginger under GAP and without mother rhizome harvest was observed 17.9 t·ha−1, which was 39.8% higher than the farmers’ existing practices and 45.5% higher than the national average. The cost of production was almost the same in all treatments; however, the GAP with mother rhizome-harvested treatment gave the highest benefit–cost ratio (1.5) along with the maximum net farm income ($2072.6·ha−1·year−1). Thus, we suggest ginger producers adopting GAP rules to obtain a higher yield and harvesting mother rhizomes earlier for obtaining maximum profit. The GAP rules will additionally protect the environment. This study also suggests policymakers and related stakeholders promoting GAP as a sustainable production technology in agriculture-based countries like Nepal.

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confidence: 86%

Adoption of Good Agricultural Practice to Increase Yield and Profit of Ginger Farming in Nepal

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Panday

et al. 2021

Journal of Horticultural Research

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“…Malneta (772.20) sold more sutho than Chande (652.89), and the difference was significant at the 5% level. These results are consistent with those of (Acharya et al 2019). This resulted from Malneta's high standards for and volume of ginger production (GRP 2017).…”

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Value-chain analysis of the ginger sub-sector in Salyan District, Nepal

ACHARYA,

CHAURASIA,

KANDEL

2023

Asian J Agric

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Abstract. Acharya N, Chaurasia J, Kandel P. 2023. Value-chain analysis of the ginger sub-sector in Salyan District, Nepal. Asian J Agric 7: 76-82. A Value Chain (VC) strategy of market-driven firms is required to solve the present shortcomings in ginger's marketing channel and the ensuing value addition throughout the channel. The study examines ginger's producer share, pricing spread, marketing margin, and value-chain diagram. Furthermore, 50 producer families from each of Malneta of Sharada Municipality and Chande of Siddhakumakh Rural Municipality in Salyan District, Karnali Province, Nepal were selected for the household survey using purposive random sample based on the degree of production and producers' cultivation of ginger in more than one ropani, i.e., total 100 households, five collectors, five wholesalers, and five retailers were surveyed for analysis. The total ginger productivity at the research location was 15.43 Mt/ha. Sutho (dried ginger) earned an average of 25.81% of the earnings. Furthermore, 100% of producers said they were satisfied with the low price but higher than the farms' gate price by NPR 24. There was an NPR disparity of NPR 8 in retail marketing costs between retailers and end users, and NRs gap of NPR6 in marketing costs between wholesaler and retailer. While the difference in marketing costs between the collector and the distributor was, NPR 6. Retailers and consumers had the largest net margin (20%), which collectors and wholesalers followed. Consumer pricing was (8.3%), wholesalers and retailers (6.66%) and the producer share was calculated to be just 40%.

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“…Ginger rhizomes that are to be transformed into dry ginger ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE must attain full maturity of 8-9 months and should be sun-dried for one week to attain a moisture content of not more than 12% (Bag, 2018). About 99% of Nepal‖s ginger is exported to India, about three fourth of which is fresh ginger while the remaining is in dried form locally known as -sutho‖ (Acharya et al, 2019).…”

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Production status, export analysis, and future prospects of ginger in Nepal

Joshi

Khanal

2021

Arch. Agric. Environ. Sci.

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Ginger is one of the high-value spices crops of Nepal possessing the huge potential of export to the global market. Among Nepal’s natural gifts are agricultural diversity and varied topography making the land suitable for ginger production. The main aim of this study was to scrutinize the current status of ginger production, annual growth rate, its import and export as well as prospects of the Nepali ginger. Fundamentally, secondary data were collected from authentic sources, and then were assembled in Microsoft Excel, and diagrams were generated. ArcGIS software was used to create the map. Findings revealed that the production of ginger is in an increasing trend with an average annual growth rate of 6.67%. Nepal contributed about 9.2% of the global ginger production, despite its small area. Ginger is exported primarily to India because of the lack of an internationally accredited testing laboratory. From this study, it can be concluded that Nepal has comparative advantages in growing ginger, which is noticeable with the geographical features and well-adapted local varieties. The trend of enormous growth in ginger production and its export indicates that ginger production and trade could be a potential enterprise contributing to the national economy. It is recommended to focus on enhancing ginger productivity by providing training and extension services to farmers, subsidies, establishing ginger processing units, easy and reliable certification within the country, and enhancing diplomatic relations for easy market accessibility for strengthening the ginger sub-sector.

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Production economics of Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rose.) in Salyan district of Nepal

Cited by 7 publications

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Adoption of Good Agricultural Practice to Increase Yield and Profit of Ginger Farming in Nepal

Adoption of Good Agricultural Practice to Increase Yield and Profit of Ginger Farming in Nepal

Value-chain analysis of the ginger sub-sector in Salyan District, Nepal

Production status, export analysis, and future prospects of ginger in Nepal

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