Umesh Kumar Acharya1* & Hari Krishna Shrestha2
1 National Citrus Research Program, Paripatle, Dhankuta
2 National Food Research Centre, Khumaltar, Lalitpur
* Corresponding Author’s Email: umeshach@gmail.com
* Orcid ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9179-5010
Received on: 30 September 2020 , Revised on: 31 March 2021, Accepted on: 11 April 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3126/nh.v15i0.36685
Abstract
Household survey and focus group discussion (FGD) were carried out in year 2017/18 in Sindhuli and Ramechhap districts in order to identify scope and constraints for better sweet orange production. A semistructured questionnaire acquiring household and orchard information, production, post-harvest operation as well as marketing situation was administered in the survey of 60 and 62 house-holds in Sindhuli and Ramechhap, respectively. Prior to household survey, a FGD was carried out in each site of Sindhuli and Ramechhap to collect general information and cross check the individual response. Poor orchard management, lack of irrigation, infestation of a number of insects including fruit fly, infection of a number of diseases as well as lack of financial facilities were reported as key constraints to grow sweet orange industries in these districts. The yield of sweet orange was found less than national average yield in both survey sites. Various measures to increase production and to improve post-harvest quality of fruits have been suggested based on situation analysis.
Keywords: Fruit fly, junar, market, survey, super zone