Dhruba Raj Bhattarai

• PhD
• Senior Researcher at Nepal Agricultural Research Council

School vegetable gardening is an effective concept to enhance people's inclination towards eating more vegetables. It increases children's knowledge and awareness regarding the importance of vegetables for nutrition in health. School vegetable gardening also contributes to children's physical wellbeing and social skills. Linked with home gardens it...

A simple root vegetable (Daucus carota), often called as carrot, is usually conical or cylindrical in shape. It has a great medicinal value and different health benefits. The main objective of the study is to evaluate the effect of starch coating on shelf-life and biochemical properties of carrot. Total soluble solid (TSS) and titrable acidity (TA)...

Climate Smart Horticulture

A simple root vegetable (Daucus carota), often called as carrot, is usually conical or cylindrical in shape. It has a great medicinal value and different health benefits. The main objective of the study is to evaluate the effect of starch coating on shelf-life and biochemical properties of carrot. Total soluble solid (TSS) and titrable acidity (TA)...

Nutrition garden is a low cost and sustainable concept for nutrition security in low income countries. Fruits, vegetables, spices and some medicinal plants are the key component in nutrition garden.

The existing research-extension-education-farmer linkages are generally weak in developing countries like Nepal. Both internal and external factors are responsible for these weak linkages which are major stumbling blocks in technical cooperation direct linkage two way flow of information for technical back up for agriculture transformation. The mai...

Commercial horticulture has enormous potential to generate employment and uplift the livelihood of people in Nepal. Presently, horticulture sector is the main stay of Nepalese agriculture with a contribution of about 39 per cent to the agricultural GDP. Nepal’s demand for fruits and vegetables is on the rise due to population growth and an increase...

Package of Practices for Fruit Crops

Package of Practices for Vegetable Crops

This book stands on the pedestal of the experience of Vegetable Go to School (VGtS) Project funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) from 2013-2016, and technically supported by AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center. The materials in the book have been synthesized from the research findings of the authors and other published ma...

In agriculture, outreach research has a pivotal role in technology generation, verification and identification of location specific problems. It should be a means for technology dissemination and not just a process for technology verification. Outreach research should be a conjoint effort of all actors involved in agriculture research and developme...

Rapid and continual changes of socioeconomic system demand for the reconsideration of quality knowledge, skills and values generated in Agriculture Academic Institution (AAI) which demand more than transfer of knowledge was previously missing in the agriculture research, extension and education (AREE) framework. Professional agriculture education w...

Mulching plays a significant role in growth, yield and economics of summer squash which is eco-friendly and does not cause harm to human health. The study was conducted from February 2021 to May 2021 in farmer's field, Taksar-12, Bhojpur to examine the "Effect of different mulching materials on performance of summer squash". The experiment was laid...

Mulching plays a significant role in growth, yield and economics of summer squash which is eco-friendly and does not cause harm to human health. The study was conducted from February 2021 to May 2021 in farmer's field, Taksar-12, Bhojpur to examine the "Effect of different mulching materials on performance of summer squash". The experiment was laid...

Commercial horticulture has immense potential to generate employment and improve the livelihood of the people in Nepal. System based horticulture research and technology delivery system can drive Nepal towards prosperity and progress. Provided this vision gets launched, the National Horticultural Research System can promote commercial and competiti...

The study was conducted during 2020-2021 to identify the contribution of home garden interventions towards household access to vegetables amidst COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal. Kavreplanchok district was the selected site of study wherein checklist, focus group discussion and field observation were the major data collection methods. Women in the treatm...

NARS represents a cross section of stakeholders whether in public or private sector, i.e. agricultural research institutes, universities and other tertiary institutions, farmer groups and any other entity engaged in agricultural research services.

This experiment was carried out in a shade net house at the horticultural research farm of Agriculture and Forestry University, Chitwan, Nepal during spring 2018 to identify the suitable radish (Raphanus sativus L.) variety having high yield potential with better quality roots for off season. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block...

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Food systems in many countries are experiencing a shift from traditional foods toward processed foods high in sugar, fat and salt, but low in dietary fiber and micronutrients. There is an urgent need to better understand drivers of changing food behavior, particularly for lower-income countries. This study analyzes drivers of food choice among chil...

ABSTRACT Starch was extracted from potato (Solanum tuberosum) cultivated in Nepal. The yield of starch of different sorts of the species S. tuberosum was compared with each other. Extracted starch (E St.) Kufre Sindure was characterized and compared with commercial starch (Com St.) by the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The properti...

Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.), one of the marginal vegetable crops of Nepal, is grown in different altitudes (during October-December in terai; August-November in mid-hills and March-May in the high hills). This crop is produced for green leaf at a subsistence and semi-commercial scale in the rural and peri-urban areas respectively. Farm...

School gardens have become a widely used approach to influence children's food knowledge, preferences and choices in low-and high-income countries alike. However, evidence indicates that such programs are more effective at influencing food knowledge and preferences than actual food choices. Such finding may occur because school gardens insufficient...

An experiment was done at Horticulture Research Division, Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC), Khumaltar, Nepal under polyhouse condition to access different traits of six capsicum genotypes: HRDCAP-001, HRDCAP-003, HRDCAP-004, HRDCAP-005, HRDCAP-006, and California Wonder (check variety) with the objective to evaluate yield and quality. The...

Agriculture is an indispensable asset of Nepal. Monumental revolutions in agriculture can transform Nepalese livelihood. It will certainly bring about prosperity and progress in the lives of many people. The Government of Nepal is giving higher precedence to agriculture research, education and extension. There has been a huge extension in agri...

Abstract Kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis), often called as kiwi, is one of the commercial crop with a great medicinal value and health benefits. The main objective of this study was to analyze the biochemical composition of Kiwifruit grown in Nepal. Its constituents like protein, vitamin C, moisture content, elements like Iron (Fe) and Calcium (Ca),...

under SAARC Scholarship. He has more than 15 years of experience in the fi eld of seed science and vegetable breeding. He has released 2 varieties of caulifl ower and turnip and has more than 100 publications including 6 books. He has participated and presented papers in several national and international symposia, conferences, workshops and semina...

School Vegetable Gardening in Nepal

Nepal is a land of extreme and land of wonder with her geo-edapho-climatic variability. Almost all types of world climate and a wide range of biodiversity exist. Leaving aside the vast number of micro-flora, the larger plants group alone is believed to be existing more than seven thousand in species. In case of food plants 172 families, 296 genera,...

This study evaluates the combined impact of school gardens linked to complementary lessons and promotional activities about gardening and nutrition on the nutritional awareness, knowledge, perceptions, eating behaviour and nutritional status of 10- to 15-year-old schoolchildren in Nepal. We used a cluster randomised controlled trial design to colle...

A study was conducted in Bhaktapur-Kalimati road corridor and laboratory of Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Horticulture Research Division (HRD), Khumaltar in 2016-2017. Major carrot production sites in this corridor are Manohara Khola, Bodephant and Mulpani. The main collection point is Garcha Bazar and Bhaktapur. From this collection center,...

The present study attempts to explore the effects of school vegetable gardening as a learning tool to improve knowledge, awareness and preference for vegetable consumption among the school children in Nepal. Thirty schools from hills (Dolakha and Ramechhap districts) were randomly selected to identify the nutritional outcomes of school vegetable ga...

An early cauliflower genotype HRDCAU005 was developed from a mix population of Kathmandu Local variety by mess selection at Horticulture Research Division, Lalitpur, Nepal. The developed genotype was 20 days earlier than the Kathmandu Local. The performance of this genotype was evaluated in 2012 and 2013 at different locations; Lalitpur, Kavre, Dai...

Inorganic fertilizers alone cannot sustain high levels of productivity. It may cause deterioration of soil environment leading to low productivity. An investigation was carried out to develop integrated nutrient management technology for fruit yield of bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.). The experiment was conducted at Horticulture Research Division,...

An experiment was conducted in Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Rampur, Chitwan during 2003 to find out the effect of harvesting method and calcium chloride treatment on postharvest physiology of tomato. Tomato (Hybrid Gootya) fruits with stalk and without stalk were harvested at breaker stage and dipped in distilled water and different...

An experiment was conducted in Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Rampur, Chitwan during 2003 to find out the effect of harvesting method and calcium chloride treatment on post-harvest physiology of tomato. Tomato (Hybrid Gootya) fruits with stalk and without stalk were harvested at breaker stage and dipped in distilled water and differen...

3 "C and 80 +5% RH). The least cumulative physiological weight loss (21.66%) and maximum shelf life (12 days) was ehbited by compost 20 t/ha + EM Bokash 200 gdplant. Based on overall characteristics (size, shape, colour, compactness, taste and freshness), their treatment had the hghest degree of consumers' acceptability followed by compost 20 todha...