Introduction

Nepal has a national production of more than 3.3 million metric tons of potato, with more than 40% of the national farmers growing them. National potato consumption is around 90.2kg per capita and demand is fast growing. The country also imports large amount of potato and their by-products every year. Potato is more productive than rice and maize in the cool climate and yield gaps are currently high.

As such, there are opportunities for import substitution from India and value addition such as chips, wine and fries, as well as export potential to neighboring countries such as India and Bangladesh.

Investments are focused on reducing post-harvest loss and value addition by installation of storage and processing facilities in 4 target districts, requiring an investment of 8.37 million USD, with an IRR of 37.27% and benefiting 6,720 households.