Lok Nath Gaire¹*, Bishwamani Pokharel¹, Min Bahadur Tamang¹ and Umed Kumar Pun²*
¹Floriculture Association of Nepal, Lalitpur, Nepal
²King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand
*Corresponding author's email: gairelok@gmail.com / umedpu

Abstract

In Nepal, the floriculture industry consists of flower farms, nurseries and flower stores (wholesale and retails). The
total area under commercial flower production farms is 178 ha. and is spread in 48 districts across the country. The
main flowers and flori-business produced are cut flowers, pot plants, loose flowers, landscaping and bulbs rhizomes
as well as flori inputs. Currently, there are more than 751 registered flower nurseries and farms. Customers in Nepal
are served by these nurseries, farms and shops are mostly located in Kathmandu valley. Nepalese flori-business
generates more than 44,000 employments. Presently, Nepali flori-business has an annual turnover of NRs.
230,34,08,000 (Two hundred thirty cores thirty four lakhs and eight thousand). In Nepal, there are both
opportunities and challenges for flori-business. The floriculture sector in Nepal should place a high priority on
improving product quality and market. Many initiatives that support the flori-enterprise growth are necessary if
floriculture is to eventually become an export-focused industry in Nepal. Floriculture Promotion Policy supported
floriculture stakeholders for infrastructure and organizational development. Covid pandemic caused drastic loss to
flower industry of Nepal and deaccelerated FAN by about 4 years. Floriculture Association Nepal is lobbing with
the federal government to review the current federal floriculture promotional policy 2069. This policy is the right
way to implement and expansion of floriculture promotio