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30228-013: Crop Diversification
Project Data Sheet (PDS): Overview
Description
The primary objective of the Project is to promote production and marketing of secondary agricultural crops in potential pocket areas based on a farmer group approach, thereby contributing to poverty reduction in the most poverty stricken regions of the country. The Project has been formulated with due emphasis on the importance of the active participation of the private sector in agricultural extension and research as well as of the active involvement of women. The Project scope will include th... Read More
| Country |
Nepal |
|---|---|
| Project Number | 30228-013 |
| Project Type or Modality of Assistance |
Loan |
| Financing | Public sector (Sovereign) |
| Status | Closed |
| Approval Number |
Loan No. 1778 |
| Approval Date | 09 Nov 2000 |
| Closing Date | 19 Dec 2008 |
| ADB Financing ($ thousand) | 11,000 |
| Geographical Location | Salyan, Dailekh, Surkhet, Dang, Banke, Bardiya and Jumla in the mid-western region; and Baitadi, Dadeldhura, Darchula, Doti, Accham, Kailali, and Kanchanpur in the far-western region. |
| Sector / Subsector Classification |
Agriculture and natural resources / Agricultural Production and Markets |
| Safeguard Categories |
Environment: B |
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Responsible ADB Officer
Masahiro Otsuka
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Responsible ADB Department
South Asia Department
Responsible ADB Divisions
Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Division, SARD
Executing Agencies
Department of Agriculture
Mr. D. B. Swar
PDS Creation Date
29 Nov 2006
Last PDS Update
20 Jan 2009