Importance and scope of vegetables production in Nepal
Importance of vegetable Human nutrition: vegetable are considered as main component of human balance diet since the time immemorial. Source of supplementary income: vegetable production makes effective use of land. Generally vegetable crops are short duration crop and 3-4 crops can be harvested in a year from same land. Employment importance: Vegetable production are more labor intensive than other agricultural production so more farmers can be employed. Important for Nepali farmers: As in Nepal majority of the farmers fall in marginal categories and vegetable production can be done in small marginal lands. Export potential: vegetable production have great export potential as Nepal is surrounded by two densely populated country India and china.So vegetable can be easily exported when its demand is high. Agrobased industries importance: It supports development of different Agrobased industries as many vegetables like tomato,pea etc are raw material. Role in National economy Medi...