Contribution of agriculture sector to national economy in Nepal

Type Journal Article - The Journal of Agriculture and Environment
Title Contribution of agriculture sector to national economy in Nepal
Author(s)
Volume 16
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2015
Page numbers 180-187
URL http://www.moad.gov.np/uploads/files/Ag journal.pdf#page=189
Abstract
Agriculture is the mainstay of majority of Nepalese people which provides employment, foods and
shelter. However, the investment in agriculture in not encouraging, received only about 3 percent of
total government outlays during 2002 to 2014. In the study, Gross Domestic Product was regressed
with Domestic Savings, Government Expenditure on Agriculture and Foreign Direct Investment on
Agriculture with the data from FY 2002/03 to 2014/15. Regression reveals the degree of association
among these variables is significant at 5 % level of significance (R=0.991, P=0.005<0.05). The analysis
showed that the contribution of Government Expenditure on Agriculture to Gross Domestic Product
was found significant whereas the Domestic Savings and Foreign Direct Investment on Agriculture
were found insignificant. The compound annual growth rate of Government’s expenditure was found
slightly lower than that of budget allocated to Ministry of Agricultural Development. In sum, the
study concluded that the Government Expenditure on Agriculture is crucial for the national
economy.

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