Marketing challenges and opportunities of agriculture cooperatives in Mountain Dang Valley of Nepal

The agriculture sector in Nepal has been weak over the past two and a half decades, and it faces both structural and new challenges, including poor access to technology, inputs, and credit, and the emerging challenge of climate change. The major challenge faced by farmers is a lack of marketing opportunities. The main objective of this study will be to design remedies to the main problems of agriculture co-operatives, explore other alternatives, and analyzed the institutional structures of the formal existing institutions and stakeholders, and their role in the development of the cooperatives in the rural settings, and how rural cooperatives can function on coping the circular bio-based economy. The path forward for cooperative societies lies in a holistic approach that encompasses a well-structured value chain supply, strategic government assistance, bio-based economic solution, the unwavering commitment and active participation of stakeholders, rigorous and regular audits, robust financial credibility, and stringent internal controls.