Current Advances in Agricultural Sciences
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 2

Do agricultural policies and support in India affect competitiveness of the Nepalese agriculture?

  • Author:
  • Ramesh Sharma1,2,3, Anjani Kumar1,2,3,, PK Joshi1,2,3
  • Total Page Count: 10
  • Published Online: Dec 1, 2017
  • Page Number: 113 to 122

1Research Fellow, IFPRI, NASC Complex, New Delhi-110012, India;

2Director, South Asia, IFPRI, NASC Complex, New Delhi-110012, India

3Former Economist, Food and Agricultural Organization, Kathmandu, Nepal

*Email of corresponding author: Anjani.Kumar@cgiar.org

Abstract

This paper reviews farm policies and support levels for India and Nepal. It also analyses the issue of the gaps in crop productivity between India and Nepal and provides a commentary on the likely consequences for the Nepalese agriculture and its trade competitiveness for agricultural products.

Keywords

Agricultural policies, Competitiveness, India, Nepal, Support