National Agroforestry Policy 2019.

This National Agroforestry Policy 2019 is a sectoral policy document at the national level. The Vision of the Policy is to contribute in the national prosperity through the development, expansion and commercialization of the agroforestry system.
The Policy seeks to contribute to helping eliminate hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition. One of the objectives of the Policy is: To increase the production of the agricultural, livestock and forest products by increasing the productivity of the land and multipurpose use of the land. The agroforestry system shall be given priority in vacant, barren, fallow and marginalized land. Potential new areas for the agroforestry systems shall be identified and prioritized. The registration of the agroforestry systems shall be facilitated. The agroforestry systems based on cereals, pulses and oil seed crops in Terai and plain land; tree based in Chure and other sensitive slope land; fruit trees based in middle mountain region; medicinal herbs based in high mountain and high Himalayan region; fishery based in lakes and regions having water sources; and livestock farming based in mountainous regions with non-cultivated areas shall be promoted.
The Policy seeks to contribute to making agriculture and forestrymore productive and sustainable. One of the objectives of the Policy is: To conserve environment and biological diversity by reducing pressure over forest, to maintain quality and to develop climate resilience ecosystem.
The Policy seeks to contribute to rural poverty reduction. One of the objectives of the Policy is: To create opportunities for livelihood, employment and income generation along with food security of the local communities by widely promoting agroforestry. Tea/coffee and other multi-layered cash crops and fruits plantations shall be promoted in the private and leasehold forests without causing any effect on the status of the forest.
The Policy seeks to contribute to enabling more inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems. Two of the objectives of the Policy are: 1.To contribute to the economy through commercialization and facilitation of investment opportunities in agroforestry; 2. To conduct study, research and capacity enhancement in agroforestry subjects. Commercial and collective farming system of agroforestry system shall be prioritized and encouraged.Research on agroforestry, value chain and farmer's access to market shall be facilitated. Industry based on agroforestry production and market arrangement shall be promoted. Financial incentive shall be provided to agroforestry sector. The production and distribution of the quality planting material of the recommended species for the agroforestry models shall be facilitated.