Nepal, May 14 -- If Nepal is to speed-up agricultural commercialization process for both import substitution and export promotion, there is no better way than consolidation of farm lands

Commercialization of agriculture is directly related with landholding patterns. Small farms with fragmented holdings are appearing as challenging factors in commercialization process. Almost half of the holdings in Nepal are of less than 0.5 ha size. Not only the holding sizes are small but they are also highly fragmented with an average of more than three parcels per holding. The common practice is that possessions of lands are divided and further divided among heirs turning them into smaller sizes at no time. High rate of population growth, infrastruct...