Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) with a view to overcome the challenges in commercialization of agriculture through focused research from policy to technologies has established the National Commercial Agricultural Research Programme (NCARP) based in Agriculture Research Station, Pakhribas. The objectives of the Program are: to increase productivity of selected commercial commodities from 5 to 15 per cent by 2015; to provide need based quality service in cost basis; to conduct research on actual cost basis.
The program has an strategy to explore oppurtunities with emphasis on public private partnership; design a communication approaches to disseminate NCARP’s objective and working modalities; explore research opportunities with national and international organizations; establish incentive package for employee motivation and resources; identify the alternate use of available resources for higher farm income; establish and support alliances with stakeholders and interested groups. The NCARP has envisaged products/services on agronomy, horticulture, plant protection, soil, socio-economics, agro-forestry, and socio-economics, agro-forestry, and livestock/fisheries. Currently there are a dozen of projects on seed production, tea and cardamom, chilli, citrus, allo, flower and livestock/poultry under commercial research program.

Contact address of the NCARP is:
P.O. Box 29, Dharan, Sunsari
Phone: 026-540310, 540381, 690503
Email: arspakh@gmail.com