Government of Karnali Province
Ministry Of Land Management, Agriculture & Co-operative
Directorate of Agriculture Development
Agriculture Development Office
Rukum (West)
To formulate and implement necessary policy and business plan for the development and expansion of agricultural crops / commodities.
To conduct special programs for the upliftment of the marginalized farming community at the state level.
To conduct special programs for the upliftment of the marginalized farming community at the state level.
To collect and update the data related to agriculture at the state level.
To formulate and implement state level market and other agricultural infrastructure development policies.
To arrange state level agricultural produce market place.
To develop wholesale, retail and market markets, collection centers and other market infrastructure in suitable strategic places at the state level.
To provide various services and facilities to the agri entrepreneurs working at the state level.
To support the state government by regularly monitoring the supply situation of state level fertilizers, seeds and other agricultural inputs.
To formulate and implement state level soil improvement policy.
To prepare necessary soil fertility map at the state level and to take necessary action for fertility improvement on the basis of it.
Increase access to soil testing services and provide SOIL HEALTH CARD.
To make arrangements for production and transmission of quality resource seeds at the state level.
To control the quality of agricultural inputs including fertilizers and seeds at the state level.
To conduct programs for germplasm conservation, promotion and ethnic registration of endangered and neglected crops.
To conduct special programs to increase the consumption habits of such crops by conducting promotional programs for ancillary crops, local, endangered and neglected crops at the state level.
To play an effective role in ensuring the rights of breeders and farmers in plant species at the state level.
To support the state government by monitoring and analyzing the food security situation.
To identify and develop important crops / commodities from the point of view of food security.
To formulate and implement appropriate policy on crop protection and commercial pests at the state level.
Necessary arrangements will be made for beekeeping, silk farming and mushroom production program on the basis of special location.
To formulate and implement necessary policies, plans and standards for postharvest management at the state level.
To promote agricultural mechanization at the state level.