Government of Nepal has received grant assistance from the ADB towards the cost of CADP and,
intends to apply portion of this grant to eligible payments under this Contract.
The project is in operation since August 2007 and will continue until December 2012.
MOAC is the Executing Agency and DOA is Implementing Agency.
The project is being implemented in 11 districts of the EDR
(Siraha, Saptari, Udaypur, Sunsari, Morang, Jhapa, Terhathum, Dhankuta, Ilam, Panchthar and Taplejung).
The overall goal of the project is to reduce poverty by increasing
(i) employment opportunities in rural areas, (ii) value added of agriculture product, and (iii) rural income.
The expected outcome of the project is to improve efficiency in marketing and processing of high value crops,
especially vegetables, fruits, tea and spices in the EDR. The scope of the project includes
(i) Commercial agriculture investment and management through
(a) Community based market infrastructure, and
(b) Non-infrastructure investments;
(ii) Inclusive development of stakeholders by
(a) Developing subsistence agriculture stakeholders and,
(b) Enhancing semi-commercial agriculture stakeholders and
(c) Promoting social inclusiveness among commercial agriculture stakeholders;
(iii) Market information dissemination;
(iv) Capacity enhancement of project partners; and
(v) Project implementation support.