Nepal witnessed increase in paddy production this year compared to the last year. However, the country still faces short of 4, 80,000 metric tons of rice to meet national…
Nepal witnessed increase in paddy production this year compared to the last year. However, the country still faces short of 4, 80,000 metric tons of rice to meet national…
With fixing of the date to crush the sugarcane by the sugar mills, sugarcane producing farmers have started harvesting sugarcanes. The government, however, has not shown any concern to fix the minimum support price for the sugarcane…
Compared to the last year, paddy production has increased in Palpa this…
Cardamom price has fallen of late. A maund of cardamom sells at Rs 24,000 at Jhapa’s Birtamod. Per maund of cardamom would fetch Rs 26,000 just a week ago in the same…
Farmers led by their organizations are preparing to stage sit-ins at food depots across the country to press the government-owned Food Management and Trading Company(FMTC) to start purchasing paddy at the minimum support price set by the government from…
With the harvesting of the paddy over, farmers are preparing to cultivate wheat in Parsa. They are, however, struggling to sow the wheat due to shortage of fertiliser and improved…
May 8: A recent study has shown that only 30 percent of arable land has been irrigated in…
May 4: Peasants’ organisations affiliated to the ruling five-party alliance have asked the government to include the issues of import substitute and export promotion of agricultural goods through commercialisation of agriculture sector in the government’s new policy and…
May 3: This year, the government announced the support price of wheat after the farmers sold their produce at a cheaper price.…
April 29: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma complained that the staff of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development did not obey his…
April 27: The government intensified consultations for preparing the budget for the upcoming fiscal year (FY 2022/23) to be introduced on May…
April 26: The state-owned Food Management and Trading Company Limited (FMTCL) has yet again failed to procure paddy as per its target this…
April 24: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has said that the agriculture sector needs encouragement, not grants in the budget of the upcoming fiscal year.…
April 22: Experts have accused the government of undermining the agriculture sector of the country.…
April 20: The government has started the national agriculture census from Tuesday by allocating a budget of Rs 100…
