Ghanashyam Chaudhary

Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development
Prime Minister Agriculture Modernization Project, Project Implementation Unit, Arghakhanchi

^*Corresponding authors' email: gchaudhary06@gmail.com

Abstract

A review of various data published by government and non-government sector were accessed to find the trend as well as challenges and opportunity of the ginger sector. The secondary data shows that there was increased trend in area (4.2 times) and production (5.6 times) in thesetwo decades with an annual increment by +7.24% in area and +9.02% in production respectively. It consumes high cost of cultivation and gives good net profit compared to vegetable crops though it has less benefit-cost ratio (1.72) compared to vegetable crops. Majority of ginger area is covered by locally saved varietyin the country. Two released and recommended varieties in cultivation areKapurkot-1 and Kapurkot-2. NTIS-2016 identified ginger sector as one of potential export sectors under agro and forest products as it has considerable contribution on the national foreign trade and employing the rural people. There is great opportunity to increase productivity, expand export potential, diversify the ginger products and employ women and disadvantaged groups.

Keywords: Ginger, spices, kapurkot-1, kapurkot-2, profitability