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

Abstract

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.

A mixed-mode ginger and turmeric solar dryer: design, simulation, biochemical and performance analysis

“…The efficiency of the collector and dryer was determined by utilizing Eqs. ( 9) and (10), and the graph of collector efficiency was plotted on an hourly basis (Fig. 8(b)).…”

“…The fresh rhizome of ginger and turmeric is dried to prepare its derivatives such as ginger pickle, powder, and extractives such as ginger and turmeric oil. In 2019, Nepal is the fourth largest ginger producer and exporter after China, India, and Nigeria [10]. In 2018/19, it was cultivated in an area of 22,132 hectares (ha) and produced about 284,427 metric tons (t) [10].…”

“…In 2019, Nepal is the fourth largest ginger producer and exporter after China, India, and Nigeria [10]. In 2018/19, it was cultivated in an area of 22,132 hectares (ha) and produced about 284,427 metric tons (t) [10]. However, due to Nepal's shortfall of suitable postharvest management techniques, fresh ginger is primarily exported in India (about 70% of the total production) [1,11].…”

“…For the hilly region of Nepal, it is considered a good cash crop [12]. In the fiscal year 2018/19, it was cultivated in 10,160 Ha and produced 98,904 metric tons in Nepal [10]. However, farmers still depend upon open sun drying and low-efficiency dryer for drying, which is used for making various derivatives products.…”

Adoption of Post-Harvest Handling Practices by Ginger Farmers in Palpa District, Nepal

“…ISSN 2721-1304, ISSN 2721ISSN -1207 Copyright © 2022, Journal La Lifesci, Under the license CC BY-SA 4.0 One of Nepal's high-value spice crops is ginger, which has great potential to be exported to other countries (Joshi et al, 2021). Nepal became the 4 th largest country in the world in ginger production (FAOSTAT, 2020).…”