Coffee has been grown in Nepal since the late 1930s. Mr. Hira Giri first introduced coffee in
Nepal from Burma in the year 1938 A.D. The first coffee plantation was done in Aanpchaur of
Gulmi District. Initially, the coffee crop attracted little attention. In 1978 A.D., the incumbent
King Birendra declared Gulmi a coffee region marking the beginnings of commercial coffee
production in Nepal. As coffee plantation was accelerated across Nepal and coffee production
grew, the need for an institutional mechanism to govern the coffee sector was realized.
The Nepal Coffee Mark
