Key Indicators Related to Agricultural Sector in Nepal

New long term plan in agriculture sector of Nepal,  Agricultural Development Strategy (ADS ) is under formulation process. Before it comes to a full shape , it has tried to analyse the agriculture sector of Nepal in different perspectives. All together 12 thematic groups are formulated and working for policy documentation. How does this document keeps its full shape?; is matter of curiosity to all of us. In this background; some of the findings taken from ADS documents are as follows. These Indicators really worth to analyse agriculture sector performance in days to come.

Indicator	Value
Agricultural GDP	$5.2 billion
Productivity of Agricultural Labor	$700/person
Agricultural Land per Household	0.7 ha/hh
Productivity of Agricultural Land ($/ha)	$1,700/ha
Composition of AGDP	49% cereal, livestock 24%, fruit spice and vegetables 23%
Agricultural Land Use	Cereals 80% of total cultivated land
Seed turnover	8%
Employment in Agriculture	60%
Landless population	7% (less than 0.1ha); 47% of household with less than 0.5 ha
Agricultural Exports	$248 million
Agricultural Imports	$621 million
Poverty (2010 preliminary)	25%
Food Consumption Share	61% of expenditures
Animal protein consumption	Milk 51l/cap, Meat 9 kg/cap, Egg 23/cap, Fish 2 kg/cap
Stunting of Children (less than 5 years)	42%
Irrigation cover	54% of cultivated area
Infrastructure (road)	Rural Road Network = 40,000 km; Strategic Road Network = 20,000 km
ICT reach	46% of the population have access to telephone