Nepal Agriculture Investment Meeting

 
About this meeting

This one-day action-oriented meeting sought to enhance the enabling agriculture investment environment in Nepal. It led to concrete action points being proposed. It comprised a number of facilitated conversations, panel discussion and breakout sessions involving policymakers, and investors and donors able to invest in agriculture in Nepal.

The goal of these breakout sessions was to develop an action plan (including issues, timeframes and potential responsibilities) addressing the underlying issues limiting agriculture investment in the country.

 
Goal of the meeting

To facilitate discussions between investors, investment stakeholders, intermediaries and policymakers around the key challenges and bottlenecks faced for investing in climate positive agriculture in Nepal.  To help to promote Nepal as a global destination for agriculture investment.
 
Outcomes

The meeting piloted model for conducting annual agri-investment meetings in Nepal with key stakeholders to agree an action plan. The workshop panels developed a shortlist of 9 priorities and around 15 secondary priorities which can be further explored with the policy team at the Ministry of Agriculture.  These will help development synergies across the agriculture investor community in Nepal and support moves, where appropriate, to encourage inward investment.