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Agriculture and Rural Development Division

Introduction

Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) Division of the NPC Secretariat responsible for facilitating formulation of sectoral plan, policy and programme for local development, agriculture, forest and land reform, rural drinking water and road. This division also carried out projects appraisal, monitoring and evaluation of these sectors worth the co-operation of Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation, Ministry of Local Development and Ministry of land reform and Management. It has clear functional linkages with other divisions of the NPCS and strong coordination with two Divisions such as of Economic Management and Poverty Monitoring.

ARD is headed by a Joint Secretary as Division Chief and supported by three Programme Directors (Under Secretaries), five Planning Officers to carry out the functions of the Division. Programme Directors are responsible for i) Local Development ii) Agriculture, Forest and Land Reform iii) Rural Drinking Water and Road Sections.

The Division functions under the direction and technical supervision of the respective Hon'ble Member of NPC. However, Member Secretary of NPC is responsible for administrative supervision.


Roles and Functions

The major roles and functions of the AFD are:

  • Review plan and programme of local development, agriculture, forest and land reform, rural roads and rural drinking water.

  • Formulate Sectoral plans, policies and programmes in close cooperation with MOL, MOAC, MOFSC, and MOLRM.

  • Coordinate programme/projects with available resources.

  • Carry out programmes/projects appraisal, mid-term evaluation of the periodic plan in sectoral level and provide recommendation to NPC for consideration.

  • Monitor and evaluate the implementation status of the programme/projects through progress reports studies and field visits.

  • Prepare sectoral programmes guideline and estimate budget resource to contribute to the preparation of overall programme guidelines and budget ceilings.

  • Prepare annual development programme for agriculture, and land reform sector by coordinating tripartite (NPC, Line Ministries and MOF)

  • Coordinate sectoral issues and policies related to ARID.

  • Participate and contribute to the policy, programme/project development stages in line ministries and meetings including Ministry-level Development Action Committee (MDAC).

  • Coordinate issues to be discussed in the National Development Action Committee (NDAC) meetings and follow up activities.


National Planning Commission Secretariat
Agriculture Agriculture and Rural Development
Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone:977-1-4227998 Fax: 977-1-4226500
E-mail: afd@npcnepal.gov.np


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