In Nepal, a country where two-thirds of the population earns less than 2 dollars a day, cash crop productions are crucial in addressing poverty mitigation, especially in the rural and mountainous regions where agriculture is practically the only employment and income generating activity.
SNV’s underlying approach to initiate feasible interventions in the smallholder cash crops sector stems from our recognised position in Value Chain Development in order to provide additional benefits to stakeholders - especially smallholder farmers. SNV conducts comprehensive analysis in coordination with sector stakeholders to analyse the full range of activities, services and actors involved in producing, trading, processing and marketing of the commodity – from the input supply to the final consumer. This is followed by multi-stakeholder value chain development plan whereby SNV contributes with capacity strengthening of service providers and stakeholders at different levels of a specific value chain to make them competitive. SNV Nepal also organises value chain trainings in Nepal with participants from private and public organisations.
Our Objectives:
- Reducing poverty by selecting cash crops with high return and employment potentials
- Increasing social and environmental responsibility
- Enabling effective social inclusion by addressing the needs of the disadvantaged and socially excluded groups within selected value chains
Our Programmes: