Investor Presentaiton
Constraints of Agricultural Mechanization in Nepal
• Past policies ignored mechanization due to fear of labor
displacement by the use of larger power operated machines
(mainly tractor). Agricultural Policies and Plans such as
APP(1995-2015) and other policies did not have any policy
statement on agricultural mechanization
• Past policies such Land Act (1964), National Civil Code
(1853;1962) have encouraged land fragmentation with the
provisions of land inheritance & land ceiling resulting in
disincentives for mechanizations
• Subsistence farming, small farm size, fragmented land holding
and physical constraints of rugged and steep topography,
narrow terraces in Hills and Mountains discouraged use of
machineries.
• Infrastructure, institutional capacity and capital constraint.View entire presentation