Bhairab Raj Kaini1 , Shanta Karki2 , Kamal Raj Gaire3 , Hari Prasad Gurung2
1 Freelancer, Senior Horticulturist
2 National Centre for Fruits Development, Kirtipur, Kathmandu
3 PMAMP, PIU, Kavre
Corresponding author’s e-mail: bhairabr@gmail.com
Abstract
The recent restructuring has posed a number of challenges and gaps. Institutional linkages among federal, provincial and local governments have not yet been developed and the mechanism of retaining experts has been lost. So there is an urgent need to develop a legal mechanism of horizontal and vertical coordination among local governments, provincial governments and the central government. Although NARC has not been restructured in the context of federalization, strengthening of its horticulture wing is necessary. Similarly, strengthening and modernizing facilities and infrastructures in the existing horticulture farms/center are needed. Government horticulture farms may be the effective practical schools for farmers where they can acquire practical knowledge by seeing and doing. Therefore these farms should be looked in this perspective and prioritize them in providing adequate budget and other resources. The ways forward to strengthen linkages among research, extension and education could be (1) joint action plan; (2) recognizing MOALD as the line ministry of AFU; and (3) developing horticultural alliances at provincial level. This paper has made an attempt to address all these gaps and issues through restructuring of existing organograms.
Keywords: Restructuring, Organization, Gap, Linkage