Satisfaction Level of Market Information SystemamongCoffee Producers in Nepal.

This paper is based on study among coffee producers which are associated with coffee production cooperatives in Lalitpur and Kavre districts of Nepal. Coffee is one of the major export crophowever, export volume is declining in past five years. In the same situation the consumption of coffee is increasing in Nepalese market. This study was performed with 180 coffee producers and sample was taken randomly. The result showed that majority of the producers have access of market information system as per need. Thestudy revealed that cooperative play an important role in sharing market information of coffee. The respondents were found satisfied with available price information and satisfaction index found to be 0.18 at scale of -1 to +1. Similarly, they are also satisfied with the source of market information (Satisfaction Index= 0.22). Coffee producers generally demanded retail price information. Lack of irrigation facilities and havoc of coffee rust wereidentified as major problems. Similarly,study found that there is need of irrigation facilities and also regular package of training for higher production of coffee.