Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) selling is a major source of income for many rural poor.Large amount of NTFPs are harvested and traded every year from Lamjung District. Due to limited information and lack of cooperation and co-ordination among stakeholders, there are many challenges in NTFPs.

The research entitled 'An assessment of NTFPs marketing in Community forests' was carried out with the specific objectives of identifying current marketing channels, marketing problems and prospects, assessing the best harvesting season, quantifying the harvested and traded amount in the study area.

The study was carried out in Sandhu Marunche and Khanche CFUGs of Banjhakhet VDC. Primary data were collected through group discussion, key informant survey, self-administered questionnaire survey, interview with government and industrial personnel and direct field observation. Secondary data were collected from DFO, IoF library etc. The quantitative data were analyzed by using appropriate stastical tools i.e. percentage, mean etc and summaries accordingly. The quantitative data were analyzed by descriptive measures and presented in form of charts, figure and tables.

Although it has no legal validity, forest user group members collect NTFP from adjoining national forest. Since it is difficult to separate the income of national forest and Community forest, total income is inclusive of both type of forest. Both CFs have rich diversity of NTFPs but production is low. So users collect more NTFPs from National forest rather than Community forest. It was found that users of Sandhu Marunche CFUG have more dependency on NTFPs than those of Khanche CFUG. Collectors harvest NTFPs during leisure time. Transportation is the main barrier in NTFP marketing in both CFUGs. NTFPs should harvest in the appropriate season in sustainable basis with initiation of co-operation for collective storage and processing of NTFPs at user level. Policy maker's planners and implementers should give emphasis on short-cut policies formulation and their implementations, which support domestication, management, market promotion and commercialization of NTFP