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Role of Non-Timber Forest Products in National Economy: A Case of Jajarkot District, Nepal
Rakshya Lamichhane1, Deepak Gautam2, Mahamad Sayab Miya*3, Hom Bahadur Chhetri4, Sachin Timilsina5
1Division Forest Office, Jajarkot, Nepal. Email: rakshyalamichhane123@gmail.com
2School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China. Email: deepakgautamiof@gmail.com
3Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University, Pokhara Campus, Pokhara, Nepal. Email: sayabmiya13@gmail.com
4Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University, Pokhara Campus, Pokhara, Nepal. Email: chhetrihombahadur@gmail.com
5Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University, Pokhara Campus, Pokhara, Nepal. Email: sachintimilsina66@gmail.com
*Corresponding author | ORCID: 0000-0002-1675-593X
Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 4(1): 94-105. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.040107
Received: 28 December 2020
Reviewed: 21 January 2021
Provisionally Accepted: 27 February 2021
Revised: 11 March 2021
Finally Accepted: 18 March 2021
Published: 25 March 2021
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Non-timber forest products are the major source of income for mountainous countries like Nepal. This article attempts to explore a case of traded non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in Jajarkot district and its contribution to the economy. Collection of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) and resin tapping are some of the major sources of employment for a large number of rural people. 53 different types of NTFPs are traded from the Jajarkot district. Local people collect these NTFPs from the forest and export them within and outside the district mainly to India and China. Jajarkot district on average exported 1,590,681.72 kg NTFPs worth NRs. 3,819,271.6 (equivalent to USD 32,081.88) from the year 2015 to 2020 to the national economy through royalty. NRs. 2,246,719.4 (equivalent to USD 18,872.44) per year came from MAPs and NRs. 1,572,552.2 (equivalent to USD 13,209.4) from resin during the years 2015 to 2020. If this district could produce all the commonly available NTFPs in a large scale, then there would be a high possibility of transforming the current unviable economy into a practical and vibrant economy. A proper inventory, identification and sustainable harvesting, are essential to promote and conserve these NTFPs.
Karnali province; MAPs; NTFPs; Resin; Sustainable harvesting
Lamichhane, R., Gautam, D., Miya, M.S., Chhetri, H.B. and Timilsina, S. (2021). Role of Non-Timber Forest Products in National Economy: A Case of Jajarkot District, Nepal. Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 4(1): 94-105. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.040107
Lamichhane, R., Gautam, D., Miya, M.S., Chhetri, H.B., & Timilsina, S. (2021). Role of Non-Timber Forest Products in National Economy: A Case of Jajarkot District, Nepal. Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 4(1), 94-105. https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.040107
Lamichhane, R., Gautam, D., Miya, M.S., Chhetri, H.B., Timilsina, S. Role of Non-Timber Forest Products in National Economy: A Case of Jajarkot District, Nepal. Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 2021, 4(1), 94-105. https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.040107
Lamichhane, Rakshya, Gautam, Deepak, Miya, Mahamad Sayab, Chhetri, Hom Bahadur, Timilsina, Sachin. 2021. “Role of Non-Timber Forest Products in National Economy: A Case of Jajarkot District, Nepal”. Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 4 no. 1: 94-105. https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.040107
Lamichhane, Rakshya, Deepak Gautam, Mahamad Sayab Miya, Hom Bahadur Chhetri and Sachin Timilsina. 2021. “Role of Non-Timber Forest Products in National Economy: A Case of Jajarkot District, Nepal”. Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 4 (1): 94-105. https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.040107
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