The Rising Nepal By Our Correspondent,Nepalgunj, July 13: Paddy plantation has been completed in 58 per cent of the total paddy fields in Banke as of Friday. Agricultural Knowledge Centre, Banke, has reported that only 58.25 per cent planting has been completed so far due to lack of rainfall this week. Khadak Basnet, Agricultural Technical […]
In a matter of two weeks, kitchen essentials have become doubly dear, according to the Kalimati Fruits and Vegetable Market. The Kathmandu Post KATHMANDU – With monsoon rains damaging roads and farmers getting busy in transplanting paddy, prices of most of the green vegetables in Kathmandu valley have started soaring. Highways connecting Kathmandu Valley—Tribhuvan Highway, […]
All of these raise questions over the government’s annual commitments to self-sufficiency in paddy and rice production by boosting local farming. Every year, the government sets a target for increased paddy production, yet the fields utilized for paddy production continue to shrink. By REPUBLICA Even as Nepal marked the 22nd National Paddy Day on Sunday, […]
The Rising Nepal By Our Correspondent,Tulsipur, June 29: As farmers have started earning more from hybrid rice on less land, it has become difficult to protect indigenous rice. Farmers in Dang have been planting indigenous rice varieties such as simtharo, anadi and tilki only for household consumption. Although the provincial and local levels have introduced […]
TRN Online Kathmandu, June 26: The government has set ‘Intensity in Rice Cultivation: Food Security and Self-reliance’ as the slogan for the National Paddy Day this year. This slogan has been set to increase rice production for food security. The Department of Agriculture is organising various programmes on the occasion of the 22nd National Paddy […]
Records maintained by the Department of Customs (DoC) show that Nepal imported 201,916 tons of rice worth Rs 15.76 billion. By REPUBLICA KATHMANDU, June 18: Nepal imported rice and paddy worth Rs 35.53 billion in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year, despite the government’s repeated promise to make the country self-reliant on […]
The Rising Nepal. By Siraj Khan,Nepalgunj, Jan. 20: The import of sugar, rice, lentils, and cotton fabric, which had been declining in recent years through the Nepal-India border in Nepalgunj, has started to rise again. In the first six months of the current fiscal year 2024/25, the import of sugar, rice, lentils, and cotton fabric […]
TRN Online Kathmandu, Nov 4: This year, rice production may decrease due to adverse weather conditions during the harvest season. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has reported that incessant rains on September 27-28 adversely affected rice cultivation across many regions of the country. The ongoing light to moderate rains have also been unfavorable […]
