G.P. Shrestha
Fruit Development Division, Department of Agriculture, HMG, Kirtipur, Nepal.

G.K. Shrestha
Department of Horticulture, Inst. Agri. Anim. Sci., Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal

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ABSTRACT

Opportunities for growing varieties of fruits in Nepal are available because of its wide range of agro-climatic conditions and geophysical locations. Although fruit activities were going from many decades but the government has taken interests on the systematic approach of fruit development activities in a planned manner since 1960; as a result, many fruit species and their commercial cultivars introduced and horticultural centers and stations specializing on fruit programs developed. Farmers, at subsistence and commercial level, are growing various fruit species from the Eastern DR to the Far-Western DR. Potential fruit crops specific to each district and development region are outlined. The area and production of fruit crops increased by almost two-folds in past 30 years.