Nepal’s
dairy industry
remains on the
brink as
unpaid dues
mount : The
government on
Thursday
approved a
Rs600 million
loan to the
Dairy
Development
Corporation to
help clear
overdue
payments to
farmers,
by Ramesh
Chandra
Adhikari,
Sanju Paudel
& Krishana
Prasain (kp
07/09/2024)
Farmers
reap high
cardamom
prices as
festivals near
: The new
large cardamom
crop beats
farmers’
expectations,
hitting
Rs2,100 per kg
in early
seasonal value
spikes, by
Ananda Gautam
(kp
05/09/2024)
Farmers
face snow
leopard
attacks,
compensation
hurdles :
Troubled by
snow leopards
as the climate
warms,
mountain
dwellers say
the government
is apathetic
to their plight,
by Arjun
Poudel (kp
04/09/2024)
Good
weather
brought a
bumper apple
harvest to
Gorkha. But
there is no
transport :
Nepalis
consume 82,145
tonnes of
apples worth
Rs8.44 billion
annually,
mostly
imported from
China, by
Hariram Uprety
(kp
03/09/2024)
Apple
transport
stalled as
landslides
block Karnali
Highway
(kh
31/08/2024)
The
human cost of
Nepal’s yarsa
gold rush :
Climate change
and
overharvesting
reduces
earnings of
villagers from
a lucrative
Himalayan
fungus, by
Shrijan Pandey
(nt
30/08/2024)
Banana
farmers upset
over delay in
settlement of
insurance
claims :
Banana farmers
from Chitwan
are in
Kathmandu to
remind the
government why
they are not
getting the
insured payout,
by Ramesh
Kumar Poudel
(kp
29/08/2024)
An
agonizing wait
for relief
(ae
29/08/2024)
IFAD/MOICS:
Promoting
Youth in
Agriculture,
by Keshab
Poudel (sp
23/08/2024)
Digital
agriculture:
Using
technology for
sustainable
farming,
by Suraj Raj
Thagunna (ae
20/08/2024)
Goat
rearing is the
go-to business
for Rolpa
residents :
Korchabang
village has 59
households,
most of them
prospering
with income
from goat
farms, by
Kashiram Dangi
(kp
18/08/2024)
Paddy
plantation
increases by 8
percent this
year (kh
17/08/2024)
Is
land enough
without
healthy soil?
Increasing
fragmentation
of land will
have a
negative
bearing on
food
production,
by Dipesh
Nepal (ae
16/08/2024)
Paddy
cultivation
shrinks by
1,700 hectares
in Gandaki
Province
(kh
15/08/2024)
Dairy
farmers’ dues
boil up to
Rs6.5 billion
: Governments
change
frequently but
no
administration
has taken
decisive steps
to pay farmers
(kp
14/08/2024)
Hybrid
apple farming
expands across
Manang
district
(kh
09/08/2024)
Helping
farmers who
help
themselves :
Nepal’s
mountain
farmers are
already
adapting to
the impacts of
climate change
on their own,
by Banjamin
Zimmernab (nt
09/08/2024)
Karnali
providing cash
incentives to
promote sheep,
yak farming
(ae
07/08/2024)
Millet
production,
imports on the
rise, by
Mamata Thapa
(ae
01/08/2024)
Swift
transplantation
raises hope
for bumper
paddy yield :
Paddy is
Nepal’s
biggest
earning farm
commodity,
with tens of
thousands of
farmers
relying on its
income, by
Sangam Prasain
(kp
01/08/2024)
Agricultural
technicians to
resume their
strike
(rep
31/07/2024)
32
kgs of
Yarsagumba
exported from
Manang (kh
27/07/2024)
What
cost for
organic
farmers to
conserve
nature? In the
preceding
fiscal year,
half of the
budget in the
agriculture
sector has
gone toward
subsidizing
chemical
fertilizers,
whereas the
budget for the
promotion of
organic
agriculture is
minimal—less
than one
percent,
by Dipesh
Nepal (ae
24/07/2024)
Bajhang
farmers,
students
learning to
cope with
climate
challenge : In
the
north-western
corner of the
country, one
of the most
vulnerable
areas to
climate
change,
farmers and
students are
being educated
on climate
impact
mitigation,
by Basant
Pratap Singh
(kp
21/07/2024)
Farmer
earns Rs 1.6
million from
dragon fruit
sales in a
year (kh
20/07/2024)
Mustang
farmer shows
what is
possible
despite
government :
Migrant
returnee from
Japan combines
thriving apple
farm with
eco-tourism to
create jobs,
by Kunda Dixit
(nt
19/07/2024)
Khotang
achieves
record 168
metric tonnes
of Litchi
production
(kh
19/07/2024)
Helvetas-Nepal's
riverbed
farming :
Climate-Adaptive
And Resilient,
by Keshab
Poudel (sp
19/07/2024)
Chitwan
staring at
crisis as
paddy fields
vanish fast :
The district
south of
Kathmandu has
seen farmers
switch to cash
crops like
bananas and
fisheries as
labour-intensive
paddy brings
lower return,
by Ramesh
Kumar Paudel
(kp
15/07/2024)
Farmers
attracted
towards
commercial
cashew farming
(rep
15/07/2024)
Revitalizing
Nepal’s
agriculture
and food
systems,
by Bidya Nath
Koirala (ae
11/07/2024)
Minority
rule raises
minimum
support price
for paddy : As
of Sunday,
transplantation
has been
completed on
38.6 percent
of Nepal’s
1.39 million
hectares of
paddy fields
(kp
09/07/2024)
Farmers
in Ilam make
good incomes
from onion
farming
(rn
06/07/2024)
Pher
System:
Dolakha's
Agricultural
Practice,
by Shyam Joshi
(rn
05/07/2024)
Agroecology
can heal
Nepal’s ailing
farm sector,
by Dipesh
Nepal and
Srijana Poudel
(ae
04/07/2024)
Farmers'
Rights To Food
Sovereignty
(rn
03/07/2024)
The
lost prospects
of olive
farming :
After
initiating an
olive zone, it
is now crucial
for local
authorities to
take ownership
of the project,
by Roshee
Lamichhane (kp
01/07/2024)
NLSIP
concludes
benefiting
more than
235,000
farmers
(kh
29/06/2024)
In
Photos: National
Paddy Day
celebrations
at Nepal
Agricultural
Research
Council
(rep
29/06/2024), Paddy
plantation in
Khokana
(Photo
Feature) (rn
29/06/2024),
IN PICS: National Paddy Day
: Top leaders
join farmers
across Nepal
in celebrating
Asar 15
(kh
29/06/2024)
Commercialization
of Agriculture
Reintegrates
and Retunes
Migrants,
by Keshab
Poudel (sp
28/06/2024)
Nepal’s
paddy
production
increases 4.37
percent to
over 5.72
million tons
this year
(rep
27/06/2024)
It’s
Lahan mango,
the brand that
brings farmers
a good price :
Mango growers
earned Rs10–20
per kg until
two years ago.
After
branding, the
farmgate price
has reached
Rs45–50,
by Binaya
Aajad (kp
26/06/2024)
Mustang
apple farmers
rely on
innovation to
overcome
climate change
challenges,
by Smita
Adhikari (ae
26/06/2024)
Large
cardamom could
be Nepal’s
trade booster
: Traders and
experts say
earnings from
the large
cardamom could
double or
triple if the
spice is
exported
directly to
Muslim-majority
countries,
by Krishana
Prasain (kp
25/06/2024)
Private
dairies seek subsidised
loan to pay farmers :
They have also sought
permit to export dairy
products such as
powdered milk, butter
and cheese as domestic
consumption remains
subdued (kp
24/06/2024)
Farmers
worry as paddy and maize
dry up due to draught,
by Basudev Sharma (rn
23/06/2024)
Bumper
potato harvest brings
joy to farmers : In
addition, farmers in
Lamjung in western Nepal
have received a higher
price for the vegetable
this season, by Aash
Gurung (kp 21/06/2024)
Draught
affects Jumla farmers;
paddy transplantation
delayed (kh
21/06/2024)
Bagar-Kheti
To Ensure Food Security,
by Narayan Prasad Bhatta
(rn 21/06/2024)
Farmers
Enlisting Program: Over
1.8 million farmers
enlisted (kh
19/06/2021)
Lack
of rainfall dries out
paddy saplings in Dang
(rn 15/06/2024)
SAMRIDDHI:
IFAD and MoICS:
Transformation of
Subsistence Agriculture
Through Women, by
Keshab Poudel (sp
14/06/2024)
When
yaks go, so does culture
: Yak herds decline due
to lifestyle changes,
the climate crisis and
outmigration, by
Tanka Dhakal (nt
14/06/2024)
Regenerative
Agriculture For Food And
Environmental Security,
by Chhabi Lal Paudel (rn
14/06/2024)
Farmers
worried about reasonable
price for paddy (rn
11/06/2024)
OAG
report reveals misuse of
farm subsidy in Karnali,
by Hikmat Bahadur Nepali
(ae 10/06/2024)
Unpaid
dairy farmers memo government, threaten new
protest from this week : Private and state-owned
dairy companies owe farmers around Rs 6 billion,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 10/06/2024)
Artisanal
tea from the Himalayas : Suiro Teas aims to
transform Nepali tea culture with diverse
offerings and an educational tearoom, by
Anusha Dhakal (kp 10/06/2024)
Lessons
From China’s Poverty Eradication : Incentivise
Agriculture To Achieve Prosperity, by Laxman
Kafle (rn 07/06/2024)
Fatalities
and illnesses plague yarsagumba gold rush :
Karnali province police report 12 yarsagumba
collectors—six from Mugu and six from Dolpa—died
this year, with nearly 100 more sick due to
altitude sickness, by Krishna Prasad Gautam
(kp 07/06/2024)
Storm
damages ready-to-harvest mangoes in Saptari,
Siraha : Officials in Saptari estimate around 12
percent of the district’s mango crop is
destroyed, by Abdhesh Kumar Jha and Binaya
Aajad (kp 07/06/2024)
Over
16 quintals of marijuana seized in Sarlahi
(rep 07/06/2024)
Dairy
cooperatives body issues ultimatum over unpaid
farmer dues : Private and state-owned dairies
owe around Rs5 billion to farmers as their
stocks of butter and powdered milk remain unsold
in the market, and demand for fresh products has
also dropped, by Krishana Prasain (kp
04/06/2024), Dairy
farmers’ distress : Farmers haven’t been paid
their dues as domestic daily products go unsold
in light of cheaper imports (kp 05/06/2024)
Far
05/06/2024)mers in drought-hit hills unable to
sow maize : Droughts and dry spells in the
cultivation season and flooding in the
harvesting time have become a new normal in
Nepal, by Arjun Poudel (kp 02/06/2024)
Perceived
agriculture budget decrease due to lower
fertilizer prices: FinMin Pun (rep
29/05/2024) [The
agricultural budget does not do justice at all
to the importance and urgent needs of
agriculture. So let's continue to drive up food
imports and send even more young people into
labour migration!]
Can
better insurance buffer Nepali farmers against
climate change? Experts say yes, but there are
problems galore in Nepal’s insurance system,
discouraging farmer participation despite almost
free crop and livestock insurance schemes,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 25/05/2024)
Ilam
to host International Tea Festival in June
(kh 24/05/2024)
Vegetable
prices rise due to poor rains, low yields and
Indian export taxes : Labour shortages in rural
areas caused by youth migration have hit
production, by Krishana Prasain (kp
22/05/2024)
Spring
paddy areas shrink in western Nepal : Most
farmers have switched to maize, as superior
hybrid seeds have boosted production and
earnings compared to spring paddy, by
Birendra KC (kp 21/05/2024)
Lumbini-based
dairy firm launches ‘Mohi’ buttermilk : Producer
says traditionally, buttermilk, called mohi in
Nepali, was favourite in villages but gradually
fell out of favour to more popular foreign
beverages, by Manoj Paudel (kp 20/05/2024)
Local
govt promotes collective vegetable farming in
Rukum (kh 18/05/2024)
Nepal’s
agriculture, water resources under climate
threat : The economic losses in farm and
off-farm in the last five years, as reported by
households, excluding significant infrastructure
damages, amounted to Rs415.44 billion, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 15/05/2024)
Illegal
yarsa collectors taking risky routes to mountain
grasslands give officials headache : 74 people
have been nabbed in a month for using restricted
and prohibited routes inside Shey Phoksundo
National Park, by Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp
11/05/2024)
Livestock
farmers receive tree fodder’s seeds (kh
07/05/2024)
Drought
drying up corn plants (kh 06/05/2024)
Time
To Decriminalise Cannabis, by Shyam P Lohani
(rn 05/05/2024)
People
flock to Bajhang highlands for yarsagumba
harvest : Local markets are buzzing with
activity as people shop for stay in the
mountains for months. Yarsagumba fetches up to
Rs2 million a kilo in the district, by
Basant Pratap Singh (kp 04/05/2024)
Farmers
in Myagdi earn Rs 210 million from orange sales
(kh 02/05/2024)
Nepal’s
Siddha Devi Tea Estate wins ‘World’s Best Tea’
title (rep 01/05/2024)
DDC
settles Rs 480 million dues, eases financial
strain on farmers (kh 26/04/2024)
Alluring
Dragon fruits farming in Syangja (kh
26/04/2024)
Decline
in honey production frustrates farmers (rn
20/04/2024)
Prospects
Of Berry Cultivation In Nepal, by Shyam
Joshi (rn 19/04/2024)
Orange
prices triple after cold storage: Tehrathum
farmers reap benefits (kh 13/04/2024)
A
Potential Avenue for the Production of Green
Hydrogen-Based Urea Fertilizer in Nepal, by
Shyam Raj Pokharel (rep 13/04/2024)
Farmers
threaten to pour Nepali honey on Kathmandu
streets (rep 13/04/2024)
Nepal
scientists confirm old remedy for armyworm :
Researchers at Agriculture University, Rampur
develop a tube to grow wasps and fungus that
destroy the pest, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp
10/04/2024)
Dairy
farmers to get one-third of outstanding dues by
this week : The state-owned Dairy Development
Corporation says it will clear Rs370 million in
dues to the farmers by this week, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 09/04/2024)
Bajura
women attracted towards potato cultivation,
by Sher Bahadur Sarki (rn 08/04/2024)
Time
To Adopt Climate-smart Agriculture, by Janak
Adhikari (rn 05/04/2024)
Jumla
farmers worry as damaged canals remain
unrepaired, by Netra Shahi (rn 03/04/2024)
Farmers
in Ilam begin to pluck tea leaves, by Kokila
Dhakal (rn 03/04/2024)
Rai
makes millions from flowers, by Nisha Rai
(rn 03/04/2024)
Government
sets minimum support price for winter paddy
(kh 29/03/2024)
Chinese
tea entrepreneurs demand over 100,000 kg of Ilam
tea after monitoring visits (rep
23/03/2024), Chinese
eye Nepali orthodox tea : Until mid-March, the
export of orthodox tea to China jumped 88.31
percent. Insiders say the opening of Chinese
market to Nepali tea is significant, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 24/03/2024)
Large
cardamom price recovers to Rs2,075 per kg :
Prices are expected to rise further, but since
farmers have already sold their cash crops, they
will receive little benefit, by Laxmi Gautam
(kp 15/03/2024)
Campaign
to build pesticide-free province gains pace
(kh 14/03/2024)
Women
farmers convince husbands to quit foreign jobs :
Several women entrepreneurs in Gulmi have
encouraged their husbands to take up professions
they once deemed unworthy, by Gaganshila
Khadka (kp 12/03/2024), The
Gulmi way : The success of women entrepreneurs
in the district offers lessons for the rest of
the country (kp 13/03/2024)
Kailali
farmers drawn to herbs production (kh
10/03/2024)
Hetauda
Milk Distribution Project procures 20,000 liters
from tarai as local demand requires strategic
boost (kh 09/03/2024)
Preserve
Mountain Agrobiodiversity, by Achyut Tiwari
(rn 08/03/2024)
Troubled
dairy farmers seek government support : The
state-owned Dairy Development Corporation has
sought bailout funds amounting to Rs300 million
to pay the protesting farmers (kp
02/03/2024), Government
and dairy association seal agreement : Protests
put-off (kh 03/03/2024), Dairy
farmers unhappy with ‘one-sided’ payment deal :
Say they don’t trust the government and dairy
associations citing numerous past instances of
unfulfilled promises (kp 04/03/2024), Heed
dairy farmers : The problems they face are
multifaceted and can only be solved with
collective effort of all those in the sector
(kp 08/03/2024)
Reviving
Nepal’s farms, naturally : Regenerative
agriculture practices spread as farmers reject
harmful chemicals, by Simon Crittle (nt
01/03/2024)
Backlog
of huge quantity of powdered milk, butter
creating problem to DDC in paying farmers
(kh 01/03/2024)
Rethinking
Nepal’s agriculture development : We must
support producers by linking them with markets
to transform agricultural value chains, by
Padam Bhandari (kp 27/02/2024)
Dairy
association applauds import ban, vows support
for local production (kh 25/02/2024), Multi
Stakeholder interaction on “Energy Efficiency in
the Dairy Sector” held in Kathmandu (nlt
26/02/2024), White
'flood' on the streets : Nepali dairy companies
have not yet made meaningful efforts to explore
foreign market, by Achyut Wagle (kp
27/02/2024)
Cardamom
price hike pleases producers in Taplejung
(kh 24/02/2024)
Helvetas
Nepal's InElam: Banana Revolution!, by
Keshab Poudel (sp 23/02/2024)
Is
Nepal’s dairy sector headed for recession? The
state-owned Dairy Development Corporation and
private dairy firms have yet to pay farmers
around Rs6 billion citing sharp drop in
consumption, by Krishana Prasain (kp
23/02/2024)
Chitwan
farmers protest by pouring milk on streets
(kh 18/02/2024)
A
big threat to the farm sector, by Lakshya
Deep Devkota (ae 15/02/2024)
In
Sindhuli, dairy gives farmers, especially women,
a new hope : On Tuesday, Nepal and South Korea
decided to establish Kamalamai Municipality as
the ‘Korea-Nepal Model Dairy Village’, Korea’s
first attempt to build a dairy village overseas,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 15/02/2024)
Agricultural
insurance fails to attract farmers in
Sudurpaschim (kh 14/02/2024)
Accord
Priority To Agriculture Sector, by Lok Deep
Thapa (rn 09/02/2024)
Orange
production up in Solukhumbu (kh 09/02/2024)
Farmer
Ratan Sah cultivates vibrant cauliflowers in
Siraha (kh 07/02/2024)
Nepali
farmers reap bonus on India’s rice export ban :
Though rice mills have been offering higher
prices to buy paddy from Nepali farmers, for
consumers it’s bad news, by Shankar Acharya
(kp 02/02/2024)
Govt
builds integrated agriculture and livestock
services centers with Rs 1 billion investment
(rep 28/01/2024)
Policy
Dilemma In Agriculture Sector (rn
26/01/2024)
Conserving
agricultural biodiversity : Agrobiodiversity
keeps crops from harmful diseases and pests, and
helps increase beneficial insects, by Ram
Krishna Shrestha and Bal Krishna Joshi kp
19/01/2024)
The
occupation of Tundikhel : Residents and
activists protest Kathmandu mayor’s decision to
further constrict the last of Kathmandu's open
space, by Sahina Shrestha (nt 19/01/2024)
Harnessing
Synergies in Agriculture through Systems
Thinking, by Sushil Thapa and Nityananda
Khanal (rep 18/01/2024)
Only
15 percent of the arable land in Baglung has
irrigation facilities (rep 13/01/2024)
FAO
and ICIMOD sign MoU to strengthen
climate-resilient agri-food system
transformation in Bhutan and Nepal : ‘The
collaborative effort aims to tackle pressing
issues such as climate change, land degradation,
water scarcity, feminization, and
agrobiodiversity loss’ (nlt 12/01/2024)
Living
off the land, by Kamal Raj Dgungel (ae
11/01/2021)
Dairy
farmers call for timely payment (kh
11/01/2024)
Chitwan
fields in yellow bloom as mustard makes a strong
comeback : This fiscal year, the area under
mustard farming increased to 21,850 hectares,
returning to its 1998-99 level, by Ramesh
Kumar Paudel (kp 11/01/2024)
Myagdi
farmers rake in over 1.5 crore rupees with
orange sale (kh 08/01/2024)
Nepal’s
paddy production soars to record level (kh
08/01/2024), 5.72
million metric tons of paddy harvested (kh
09/01/2024), Despite
El Niño effect, Nepali farmers reap bumper paddy
harvest : The country produced an all-time high
of 5.72 million tonnes of paddy, amounting to
nearly Rs200 billion, by Sangam Prasain (kp
09/01/2024), Harvesting
hope : The country should now focus on
commercialising paddy production, targeting the
urban population (kp 10/01/2024)
Price
of cardamom increases threefold (kh
07/01/2024)
Lamjung
witnesses decline in orange production (kh
06/01/2024)
Rukum
Paschim produces honey worth Rs 25 million
(kh 05/01/2024)
Winter
brings bumper honey harvest in Nepal's
mountains, but no markets : Beekeepers and
government officials say despite the export
potential, the influx of adulterated honey into
the market is harming the reputation of the
original organic product, by Mahesh KC (kp
04/01/2024)
Tea
exports decline in first five months of 2023/24
(ae 04/01/2024)
After
orthodox tea, Nepal’s CTC to get its own
trademark : Experts say effective standards
would benefit local producers who are compelled
to sell their produce at lower prices because of
low quality (kp 03/01/2024)
Tea
production stops with onset of winter (rep
02/01/2024)
Disease
destroys ginger; farmers demand compensation
(rn 30/12/2023)
Remove
limitation of land in agriculture: UML Vice
Chair Pandey (kh 28/12/2023)
Govt
sets minimum support price for wheat at Rs 3,650
per quintal (kh 28/12/2023)
Farmers
await compensation for livestock losses due to
lumpy skin disease (ae 27/12/2023)
Changes
in precipitation patterns affecting crop
production and food security in Nepal,
interview with Sangam Shrestha (rep 24/12/2023)
Cardamom
production increases in Ilam (kh 22/12/2023)
Transforming
Nepali women’s farming—one drop at a time,
by Shivani Chemjong (ae 21/12/2023)
Govt
sets sugarcane purchase price at Rs 635 per
quintal (kh 20/12/2023), Government
hikes sugarcane price by Rs25 to Rs635 per
quintal
The government on Wednesday increased the price
of sugarcane by 4 percent year on year (kp
21/12/2023)
Ginger
farmers elated as price goes up, by Bomlal
Giri (rn 20/12/2023)
Govt
to purchase paddy worth Rs 2 billion from
farmers (rep 19/12/2023)
Sugarcane
farmers disown govt decision on support price
(kh 15/12/2023), Sugarcane
farmers protest in Sarlahi demanding floor price
: They demand a minimum of Rs750 per quintal for
this season’s harvest and release of last year’s
subsidy pay, by Om Prakash Thakur (kp
17/12/2023), Government
decides to provide subsidy to sugarcane farmers
: The decision comes on the heels of protest by
farmers seeking payment (kp 18/12/2023)
Villages
struggle as hydel projects leave Kalanga River
dry : Farmers in several village of Kedarsyun
Rural Municipality are grappling with water
scarcity, and mourners cannot take ritual dips
after cremating body, by Basant Pratap Singh
(kp 14/12/2023)
30%
families in Karnali self reliant on agricultural
(rn 14/12/2023)
Soaring
demand and falling yields propel large cardamom
price to double : Nepali traders expect the
spice to break price records in the upcoming
months, by Laxman Gautam (kp 13/12/2023)
Tea
industry in a crisis, say stakeholders (rn
10/12/2023)
Farmers
worried over cauliflower price fall (rep
10/12/2023)
Govt,
CIMMYT forge a decade-long partnership to
advance agricultural science (rep
07/12/2023)
Bumper
harvest elates orange farmers : Farmers in
Ribdikot and Rainadevi Chahara sold oranges
worth Rs50 million and Rs100 million,
respectively, this season, by Madhav Aryal
(kp 04/12/2023)
Misleading
Statistics of Livestock in Nepal, by Krishna
Prasad Acharya (rep 27/11/2023)
Rice
production declines in Sarlahi (kh
27/11/2023)
Sugarcane
farmers wait for last year’s subsidy as new
harvest begins : Farmers say government has
added fuel to the fire and the sit-in episode
demanding payments may repeat this year too,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 27/11/2023)
Farming
for the community : A foundation on the
outskirts of Kathmandu is making life better for
a community using a holistic approach and
multifaceted projects, by Ayse Turcan (kp
25/11/2023)
Orange
farming up in Gandaki Province (rn
25/11/2023)
Dr
Katrin Hagen: We have to invest more on women’s
projects in farming (interview) (ae
24/11/2023)
Jhapa
produces 81 varieties of paddy in single block
(rep 24/11/2023)
Worry
over marigold flower wilting in field (kh
21/11/2023), Tihar
flower sales reach Rs 240 million, Marking a Rs
200 million dip from last year (kh
24/11/2023)
Banana
worth Rs 40 million imported for Chhath in
Janakpurdham alone (rep 17/11/2023) [???]
Solarising
Nepal’s irrigation canals : Improving access to
solar energy can transform irrigation, boosting
Nepal’s commercial agriculture, by Nilhari
Neupane and Shisher Shrestha (kp
09/11/2023)
Lemon
producers in Syangja wait for appropriate market
(kh 02/11/2023)
Nepal’s
first Holstein calf expected to be born in Feb :
Nepal received 100 heifers and eight bulls as a
gift from South Korean farmers under the Milky
Way project last December, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 02/11/2023)
Betel
nut farmers struggle amid market woes, by
Rabin Bhattarai (ae 31/10/2023)
Demand
of loans for agricultural purposes
declines by 10 percent in last 10 years (rep
28/10/2023)
Anbukhaireni
rural municipality opts for avocado farming
(rep 27/10/2023)
National
Goat Research Program exports improved breed to
54 districts (rep 26/10/2023)
Govt
explores int'l markets for dairy products amidst
sales challenges (rep 24/10/2023)
Fish
raising transforms lives of subsistence farmers
: Siyari in Rupandehi accounts for 30 percent of
the country’s total fish production, by
Sanju Paudel (kp 21/10/2023)
Farm
subsidies ending up in wrong hands, report says
: The probe panel said that more than 70 percent
of the subsidies in Lumbini province had been
misappropriated, by Ghanashyam Gautam (kp
20/10/2023)
Livestock
farmers in Taplejung highlands start winter
descent to protect herds from cold : The farmers
also aim to profit from selling sheep and goats,
which are in high demand for Dashain feasts,
by Ananda Gautam (kp 18/10/2023)
Hailstones
damage crops, vegetables in Darchula : Chhangru
in Vyas Rural Municipality is the hardest hit.
Farmers complain of government indifference to
compensating them, by Manoj Badu (kp
17/10/2023)
Untimely
rainfall disappoints farmers (kh 17/10/2023)
Farming
and our climate discourse : Rural farmers don’t
have access to climate experts who can help them
with remedies, by Madhukar Upadhya (kp
16/10/2023)
Egg
producers suffering economic slowdown effects :
To boost consumption, farmers and the Nepal
Veterinary Association are holding programmes to
raise awareness about the nutritious values of
eggs, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 15/10/2023)
Agriculture
Minister Bhusal stresses on launching summer
paddy plantation campaign (kh 13/10/2023)
Sugarcane
farmers waiting anxiously for cash subsidy : The
government has promised to pay sugarcane growers
a cash subsidy of Rs70 per quintal, by Om
Prakash Thakur (kp 12/10/2023)
Sindhupalchok
emerges as coffee heartland : Around 2,150
households in all 12 local units of the district
are engaged in coffee farming, say officials,
by Anish Tiwari (kp 11/10/2023)
As
economic woes deepen, poultry farmers face
hardships in business (kh 10/10/2023)
Jumla
gets its first apple processing and grading
machine (rep 02/10/2023)
Monsoon
exit delayed: farmers urged to postpone
harvesting plan (rn 02/10/2023)
Karnali
farmers say they can’t do without chemicals :
The government launched the ‘Organic Karnali’
plan without providing alternatives to the
farmers. This has hurt output, by Krishna
Prasad Gautam (kp 01/10/2023)
Organic
Uncle: Innovator Of Sustainable Agriculture,
by Pragya Pokhrel (rep 29/09/2023)
Vegetables
with excessive amounts of pesticide residue
destroyed : Officials had suspended pesticide
testing in vegetables for around two months due
to lack of funding, by Arjun Poudel (kp
26/09/2023)
Breaking
barriers in agriculture : Implementing and
scaling innovations in mixed farming systems is
possible only with inclusive policies, by
Sanju Koirala and Nilhari Neupane (kp 24/09/2023)
Apple
production declines in Dhorpatan area (rep
24/09/2023)
Free
artificial insemination scheme benefits Kavre
farmers : The rural municipality has assigned
five veterinarians to provide the service, which
started on July 30, in all six wards, by
Jyoti Shrestha (kp 24/09/2023)
Weak
monsoon dampens prospects for Nepal’s
agriculture sector : Met office says 1,249.3 mm
rain, 84.9 percent of season’s average, has
fallen since June, by Arjun Poudel (kp
23/09/2023)
Retain
Youth For Agricultural Development, by
Balaram Chaulagain (rn 22/09/2023)
Karnali
government to give 17 types of subsidies to
farmers (kh 17/09/2023)
Food
crisis looms large in Nepal, by Sabitri
Dhakal (ae 14/09/2023)
Jumla
exports 21,000 metric tons of apples (kh
13/09/2023)
Several
Tarai districts witness below-average monsoon
rainfall : With only 60 percent of land
cultivated so far, locals from areas affected by
severe dry spells are worried about a food
crisis (kp 12/09/2023)
Farmers
feel drought heat even before monsoon exit :
Experts blame El Niño as cardamom fields in
Palpa and paddy fields in Kailali are parched in
the rainy season, by Madhav Aryal and
Bhawani Bhatta (kp 07/09/2023)
Nepal's
cultivable land area shrinks by 300,000 hectares
to 2.2 million hectares over the past decade
(rep 07/09/2023), Agriculture
Census 2021/22: Agricultural land in the country
has decreased over the past decade (ae
08/09/2023)
Foreign
employment returnee finds niche in mushroom
farming (rep 07/09/2023)
Farmers
receive credit cards to buy farm inputs : The
cards issued to farmers in Diktel Rupakot
Majhuwagadhi Municipality, Khotang have a credit
limit of Rs200,000, by Dambar Singh Rai (klp
06/09/2023)
Land
equity for food security : Food insecurity will
continue to rise if the government fails to
protect agricultural land, by Jagat Deuja
(kp 04/09/2023)
Indigenous
crop varieties nearing extinction on large scale
from Myagdi (rep 03/09/2023)
Cane
farmers protest auction of Shree Ram Sugar Mills
: The mill was put up for auction by Nepal Bank
Limited a month ago after the mill failed to
repay loans, by Shiva Puri (kp 03/09/2023)
Make
way for Makalu Coffee : As cardamom productivity
declines, one rural community in eastern Nepal
has a new cash crop, by Hanna Wells (nt
01/09/2023)
Time
to Rethink Our Agricultural Innovation Laws,
by Samagya Pradhan (rep 29/08/2023)
‘Farmer
credit card’ comes into effect (kh
28/08/2023)
How
Koshi farmers turn sand dunes green : Around
3,100 bighas were covered with sand from the
2008 Koshi flood making them unfit for
cultivation of traditional crops such as paddy,
wheat and maize, by Pradeep Menyangbo (kp
27/08/2023)
Youth
of Sindhuli into commercial dragon fruit farming
(rep 27/08/2023)
Ropeway
brings cheers to farmers in Rukum (East) (kh
25/08/2023)
Apple
growers in highlands celebrate bumper harvest :
Farm incomes have more than doubled after the
roadless villages were connected to the highway
network, by Aash Gurung, DB Budha and Raj
Bahadur Shahi (kp 24/08/2023)
Nepal
records 92 percent paddy plantation so far
(kh 22/08/2023)
Onions
likely to get costlier in Nepal after India
imposes export duty : India imposes the export
duty in an attempt to dampen domestic prices
ahead of key state elections later this year
(kp 21/08/2023) [It's
the same every year! Is Nepal really not
suitable for growing onions?], Onion
disappears from market as India slaps export tax
: Nepal imports almost all its onion requirement
from India, and the tax has created shortages in
the domestic market, by KLrishana Prasain
(kp 23/08/2023)
Agriculture
2.0: Revolutionizing Nepal’s farm sector, by
Twinkle Oli and Ram Datta Bhatta (ae 21/08/2023)
Palpa
farmers reap windfall from dragon fruit farming
: Most of the farmers learnt how to farm dragon
fruit with the help of the internet, by
Madhav Aryal (kp 18/08/2023)
87
percent paddy plantation, seven percent less
than last year (kh 15/08/2023)
UN-HABITAT’s
rooftop farming program promoting urban
agriculture in Lalitpur : The initiative aims to
promote urban agriculture for ensuring access to
healthy food and improving food security for
vulnerable households in urban areas (nlt
14/08/20233)
Farmers
rushing harvest before rain cuts off road : If
Karnali Highway is closed, the apples will rot
in the orchards, say farmers in Jumla, by DB
Budha (kp 10/08/2023)
Low
water level in Gandak Canal adds to Nepali
farmers misery, by Kranti Sah (ae
09/08/2023)
Drought
parches Nepal’s agricultural heartland :
Government statistics show that paddy
transplantation in Madhesh has been progressing
at a slow pace for lack of rain, by Sunita
Baral, Shankar Acharya and Awadhesh Kumar Jha (kp
08/08/2023)
Smart
Krishi, an all-in-one app for farmers : It
produces information necessary for farmers in
the form of videos and texts, such as the format
of business plans and proposals, government
notices and agriculture news, by Subin
Adhikari (kp 05/08/2023)
Oranges
worth Rs 290 million produced in Tanahu last
year (rep 05/08/2023)
Call
to promote millet farming (ae 04/08/2023)
Commercial
fruit farming thrives in Myagdi : Farmers in the
district earned Rs220 million by selling 3,690
tonnes of oranges in the last fiscal year,
officials said, by Ghanshyam Khadka (kp
04/08/2023)
Gorkha
villages are buzzing with hornet farming :
Farmers say hornet larvae, considered a delicacy
by locals, sell like hot cakes, for Rs1,000 per
mana, around half a litre, by Hariram Upreti
(kp 03/08/2023)
Irrigation
for rural development : Small-scale farmers can
diversify their crops and improve yields through
better irrigation, by Nirman Shrestha and
Tikaram Adhikari (kp 02/08/2023)
Fear
of food crisis as multiple problems hit paddy
production : Lumpy skin, low monsoon rainfall
and slow transplantation have raised possibility
of a reduced harvest, experts say, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 01/08/2023), Rice
for thought : Coming months will be challenging
for farmers, consumers and national economy as a
whole (kp 01/08/2023)
Fishery
Research Station finds commercial pearl farming
feasible, by Smita Adhikari (ae 31/07/2023)
Grain
drain : Covid, climate and conflict have
combined to make hunger more acute in Nepal,
by Chandra Kishore (nt 28/07/2023)
Revitalising
agro extension system: For effective service
delivery, by Padma Singh (ht 28/07/2023)
Farmers
heavily rely on Indian fertilizers for
cultivation (rep 27/07/2023)
Earthworm
production raises farm income : Earthworm manure
has become the first choice among those doing
terrace or roof farming, by Sanju Paudel (kp
26/07/2023)
Vegetables,
fruits worth Rs 6.29 billion imported via
Kakadvitta (kh 26/07/2023) [?????], Nepal
imports millet worth Rs 510 million from India
(kh 26/07/2023) [?????]
Nepal
Tea Collective—now available in the Nepali
market : Since 2016, the New York-based company
has been distributing orthodox Nepali tea all
over the US markets and to buyers from more than
42 countries (kp 25/07/2023)
Making
Nepali farmers happy : A mix of farmer-managed
and groundwater-based irrigation systems could
be fruitful, by Shisher Shrestha and Nilhari
Neupane (kp 24/07/2023)
Dairy
farmers lose as sales drop : The government
raised the price of milk paid to farmers, making
dairy products costlier, by Deo Narayan Sah
(kp 23/07/2023)
Myagdi
villagers swarm into forests to pick red
mushroom : The locals earn between Rs100,000 and
Rs500,000 annually from mushrooms, by
Ghanashyam Khadka (kp 23/07/2023)
Urban
Agriculture for Sustainable Urban Development in
Nepal, by Ambika P Adhikari and Keshav
Bhattarai (rep 22/07/2023)
Delayed
monsoon, lumpy skin disease affect paddy
plantation (ht 22/7/2023)
Vegetables
rot on the farmland as landslide triggered by
monsoon rainfall affects road transport (rep
22/07/2023)
Nurturing
agricultural growth: Justification of
agro-credit, by Pralhad Giri (ht 20/07/2023)
Agriculture
growth through investment : Sustained investment
in the sector depends on commercialisation and
technological advancements, by Pralhad Giri
(kp 20/07/2023)
Lumpy
skin and El Niño threaten farm output : Nepalis
are grappling with high inflation, and a drop in
production could hurt people in the low-income
bracket, experts say, by Krtishana Prasain
(kp 16/07/2023)
Farmers
distressed as lumpy skin disease kills their
cattle : Cows, buffalos and even yaks have been
infected, and thousands have died, officials
said, by Binod Bhandari et al. (kp
15/07/2023), Lumpy
skin outbreak affects paddy transplant (rn
15/07/2023)
Government
raises minimum support price for paddy : The
support price has been raised by more than 7.5
percent for the harvest of the next fiscal year
(kp 13/07/2023)
Mugu
locals shift to duck farming : Farmers make more
than Rs40,000 per trimester by selling ducks in
the local market, by Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp
11/07/2023)
Sarlahi
witnesses only seven percent of paddy plantation
(kh 10/07/2023), Only
10 percent paddy plantation in Mahottari
district (rep 10/07/2023)
Nepali
mangoes dominate market with bumper production
this year (ht 10/07/2023)
90
percent paddy plantation completed in Baitadi
(kh 08/07/2023)
Late
monsoon affects plantation (ht 08/07/2023)
Fast-spreading
cattle disease threatens food security : Experts
have warned of a possible drop in the paddy
harvest and dairy output this year due to the
lumpy skin disease, by Sangam Prasain (kp
07/07/2023)
27
percent paddy plantation till date (kh
07/07/2023)
Farmers
in Gorkha switch to tractors from oxen : They
say using a tractor is cost-effective and
time-saving compared to using the traditional
method of ploughing the field, by Hariram
Upreti (kp 06/07/2023)
Municipality
provides grant to farmers for milk production
(kh 05/07/2023)
asture
posture in times of climate change, by Kedar
Karki (ae 03/07/2023)
Government
aims to promote domestic vegetables, fruits
producers: Finance Minister (rn 02/07/2023)
Yarsagumba
collectors happy as prices move up :
Gathering yarsagumba is the primary
source of income for locals in Nepal's
mid-western region, by Mahesh KC (kp
01/07/2023)
Industrialization
From the Ground Up:Small Farmers Could
Be the Catalyst, by Shivaram Pd.
Koirala (sp 30/06/2023)
National
Paddy Day (Asar 15) being observed today
(kh 30/06/2023), National
Paddy Day : Festival Of Food Security,
by Laxman Kafle (rn 30/06/2023)
Rethinking
food crisis responses in South Asia :
Investment should be stepped up in
customized climate-resilient agriculture
for long-run sustainability and ensuring
the smallholders' access to modern
technologies and inputs, by Devesh
Roy, Shahidur Rashid and Anjani Kumar (nlt
29/06/2023)
Are
land and economic mobility connected?
Individuals whose parents are involved
in agriculture which is the lowest
ranked occupation have low chances of
moving towards higher ranked occupation
even though they are endowed with higher
land value, by Ashesh Shrestha (nlt
28/06/2023)
Mango
farmers say government should set floor
price : Traders claim the price of
mangoes has plunged this year due to a
glut in production but farmers say
middlemen reap huge profits, by
Bharat Jarghamagar and Sima Tamang (kp
25/06/2023)
Cold
stores get cold response from farmers :
Millions of rupees was spent on
constructing the warehouses without
conducting a proper assessment and
viability study (kp 23/06/2023)
Prioritise
Agriculture Development, by Lok Deep
Thapa (rn 23/06/2023)
Large
cardamom likely to see sharp fall in
output : The Federation of Large
Cardamom Entrepreneurs say the output
this year may drop 40 percent-on year,
mainly due to drought and pest infection,
by Ananda Gautam (kp 21/06/2023)
Curb
Arable Land Abandonment, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 20/06/2023)
Throwing
vegetables on the road becoming a habit
: Sunday’s tomato spectacle shows that
cartels seek to charge high prices in
the name of farmers, experts said,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 19/06/2023), Farmers
fail to sell tomatoes priced at Rs 4 per
kg, dump over 92,000 kg in Kalimati
(Photo Feature) (rep 19/06/2023)
How
will Nepal handle marijuana cultivation?,
by Tapendra Karki (rep 16/06/2023)
Permaculture
breathes new life into ghost towns :
Dhankuta is seeing a revival as people
start returning to their villages,
thanks to a new way of farming, by
Ramesh Chandra Adhikari (kp 16/06/2023)
Youths
in Kavre seek their fortune in animal
husbandry : Young farmers say they need
training programmes to begin commercial
animal husbandry, by Jyoti Shrestha
(kp 16/06/2023)
Is
the term “Organic” misappropriated or
misrepresented in Nepal?, by Kiran
Mainali (rep 13/06/2023)
Gandaki
province to execute artificial insemination for
improving animal breeding (kh 12/06/2023)
Apple
turning fruitful for Bajura farmers, by Sher
Bahadur Sarki (rn 11/06/2023)
Court
directs cooperative manager to return Rs 5.9
million to depositors (kh 07/06/2023)
Demand
for Nepali tea rises to fill India's output gap
: Indian tea estates are going through a lean
period as the tea bushes there have reached the
end of their life cycles, traders say, by
Parbat Portel (kp 07/06/2023)
Farmers
prosper by growing fruits on riverbanks : They
have found out that they can grow crops with
less manure and less water in the sandy soil on
the banks of the Doda river, by Kamal Panthi
and Bhawani Bhatta (kp 04/06/2023)
Farmers
dissatisfied with govt decision to scrap Cotton
Development Board (kh 03/06/2023)
Community
seed bank in Nawalpur helps preservation of
indigenous crops (kh 03/06/2023)
Reviving
Cultivation Of Finger Millet, by Achyut
Tiwari (rn 02/06/2023)
‘Highly
anticipated’: Activists stoked as government
announces feasibility study plan for medicinal
marijuana : The herb has, for ages, been part of
Nepali life as it was consumed as spice,
medicine and made into clothes, by Anup Ojha
and Timothy Aryal (kp 01/06/2023)
Reviving
Nepal's agriculture : Mixed farming can boost
Nepal’s income, food security and resilience to
climate change, by Nilhari Neupane and Sanju
Koirala (kp 018/06/2023)
Sahaj
Challenge Fund Round 3 launched to promote
agribusiness : The project is funded by the
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
(SDC) and the Nepal Agricultural Market
Development Programme (kp 27/05/2023)
Nepal
imports agricultural products worth Rs 250
billion in 10 months (rep 24/05/2023)
Large
cardamom exports hit record Rs6.36 billion in 9
months : Nepal is the world’s largest producer
of the high-value spice followed by India and
Bhutan, by Krishana Prasain (kp 22/05/2023)
Karnali
fishermen fear eco damage may ruin livelihood :
Many locals have seen their incomes rise
substantially from fishing with the opening of
the Karnali corridor, by Basanta Pratap
Singh and Arjun Shah (kp 21/05/2023)
Dharche’s
honey-hunting tradition lives on : Honey hunting
on the Gorkha cliffs is a skill passed down the
generations, by Hariram Upreti (kp
19/05/2023)
Growth
crawls to 1.4 percent in Bagmati province,
Nepal’s economic hub : In the current fiscal
year, Gandaki province's economy is estimated to
grow at 3.26 percent, the highest economic
growth among all seven provinces (kp
18/05/2023)
Insurance
companies halt agri-insurance : Insurers say
they face difficulties as government subsidies
for agricultural insurance are delayed, leading
to difficulties in the settlement of claims
(ae 17/05/2023)
Clear
the arrears : Most farmers across the country
are ignorant about the importance of
agri-insurance (ht 17/05/2023)
Coffee
farm yields extra income for farmers in Kavre :
According to Khanikhola Rural Municipality,
farmers have been cultivating coffee
commercially for the past two years in most of
the villages, by Jyoti Shrestha (kp
16/05/2023)
Drought
hits cardamom plantation in Taplejung (kh
14/05/2023)
Drought
hits maize crop in Udaypur (kh 14/05/2023)
The
possibility of pine nut export in Nepal (ae
11/05/2023)
Farming
sector reels from problems despite significant
government investment : Over half of the arable
land in Dadeldhura, Doti, Achham, Baitadi,
Darchula, Bajhang and Bajura has turned into
pastures, by DR Pant (kp 07/05/2023)
Milk
import ban may be lifted to prevent shortages :
The Department of Livestock Services says milk
production is rising at the rate of 4 percent
annually, but demand has been growing at 8
percent, by Krishana Prasain (kp 06/05/2023)
Forecasts
of less rain this year alarm farm sector : The
climate outlook for the 2023 southwest monsoon
season shows that most of Nepal may receive
below-normal rainfall, by Sangam Prasain (kp
05/05/2023)
High
costs, low earnings driving poultry farmers
out of business : Many entrepreneurs say they
stopped production after not getting a fair
price for their products and feed prices
soared continuously, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 04/05/2023)
1.3
million hectares of cultivable land left
barren (kh 01/05/2023)
Dolpa
to open Yarsagumba collection from May 15
(kh 30/04/2023)
Unlocking
Rural Agricultural Revitalization in Nepal,
by Alok K Bohara (rep 30/04/2023)
Modern
equipment gives corn farming a much-needed
boost : The cost of corn farming has nearly
halved and the yields have gone up in
double-digit using the precision planting
machine, by Shankar Acharya (kp
30/04/2023)
Return
migrant opens flourishing farmhouse resort in
his village : Located 3 km south of Dumre
Chowk in Tinahu Rural Municipality, the eco
farmhouse allows visitors to observe local
farm life, by Sanju Paudel (kp 29/04/2023)
Nepal’s
Agriculture Cooperative Central Federation
wins FAO partnership award : The award
recognises commitment to improving the lives
of local communities and promoting sustainable
development (kp 29/04/2023)
Electricity
tariff-free for irrigation in Gandaki (kh
29/04/2023)
Dolakha
farmers earn additional money selling nettle
leaves : The medicinal value of nettle is
driving up the demand in the market, they say,
by Kedar Shiwakoti (kp 27/04/2023)
Bird
flu-affected farmers receive compensation
(rep 27/04/2023)
Farmers
turn to Walnut as cash crop : Around 150
farmers in Galkot wards 1, 4 and 10 planted
around 10,000 saplings of walnut last month in
around 32 hectares of land, by Prakash
Baral (kp 26/04/2023)
Manang
locals set out for highlands to collect yarsa
(kh 26/04/2023)
NDA
discusses matter of dealing with milk-related
problems (kh 25/04/2023)
Nepal’s
tea industry going through tough times : Many
small tea growers have switched to other crops
due to the state’s unfriendly tea policy,
insiders say, by Arjun Rajbansi (kp
21/04/2023)
Nepal’s
dairy sector flags severe milk shortage : The
state-owned DDC and privately-owned Nepal
Dairy Association and Dairy Industry
Association have requested the government to
lift the ban on imports of skimmed milk powder
to prevent shortages, by Pawan Pandey (kp
19/04/2023)
Baglung
farmers forced to sell crops at low prices due
to lack of marketisation : They believe they
could have earned up to 4 times more with
proper support infrastructure, by Prakash
Baral (kp 16/04/2023)
Farmers
suffer as chemical fertilisers get stalled in
warehouses : The agriculture inputs company
says the chemical fertiliser distribution has
been stalled since a district-wise quota has
not been fixed by the provincial government,
by Shankar Acharya (kp 15/04/2023)
Help
Farmers Reduce Debt Burden, by Namrata
Sharma (rn 12/04/2023)
Rolpa
farmers waiting for payment for produce
(kh 11/04/2023)
Farmers
suffer as floods wipe out farms in Jumla
annually : The irrigation channels damaged by
the floods last year have not been repaired,
by DB Budha (kp 10/04/2023)
Agros
Woes : After our government encouraged fruit
growing in orchards many Nepalis imported
apple saplings from far off Serbia and
replanted them in Mustang, by Hemang Dixit
(sp 07/04/2023)
Agricultural
revolution in Nepal : Opportunities,
Challenges And Way Ahead, by Madhav Subedi
(rn 07/04/2023)
Vegetable
farming gives fine returns (kh 04/04/2023)
Decline
in honey sales worries farmers in central
Nepal : Cheaper and counterfeit honey in the
domestic market is hurting the business, they
say, by Ramesh Kumar Pudel (kp 30/03/2023)
Hope
and despair in Suntala Superzone : Spoilage
loss inhibits plan to buttress value chain of
mandarin oranges in Syangja, by Dinesh
Kafle (kp 29/03/2023)
Microfinance
and ongoing movement in Nepal Looking for the
right direction, by Bharat Ram Dhungana
(ht 27/03/2023)
Disease-resistant
Jumli Marshi rice being readied for
cultivation : The rice variety is grown at the
highest elevation in the world of 3,050 metres
above sea level in far-western Nepal, by
DB Budha (kp 27/03/2023)
Israeli
farm techniques add new twist to Kalash Dairy
: The large-scale farm produces compressed
natural gas and compost manure, besides
producing dairy products, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 24/03/2023)
Pheasant
farms thrive in western Nepal on rising demand
: The wildfowl farmers say they are receiving
big orders from institutional buyers, mostly
from luxury hotels in India, by DR Panta
(kp 23/03/2023)
PMC
distributes agriculture equipment to farmers
on subsidy (kh 22/03/2023)
Government
rolls back decision to increase fertiliser
prices : The decision came on a day when Prime
Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal was set to face
yet another vote of confidence in Parliament
(kp 21/03/2023)
Farmers
worry about dwindling market for locally
produced seeds : Production is also on a
downward trend despite increased acreage to
produce seeds, by Mahesh KC (kp 19/03/2023)
Women
Farmers in Nepal : Vanguard of Rural Economy,
by Kiran Mainali (rep 14/03/2023)
Mango
production in Saptari expected to increase this
year, by Devram Prasad Yadav (rn
14/03/2023)
Subsidy
reduction likely to result in price rise of
chemical fertilizers (kh 14/03/2023), Nepal
hikes chemical fertiliser prices to curb
subsidies : Nepal’s chemical fertiliser subsidy
bill is likely to shoot up to a record Rs38.50
billion this fiscal year as import prices have
swelled tremendously (kp 14/03/2023), Farmers
announce protests against the government's
decision to cut subsidy on fertilizers (rep
15/03/2023)
Tanahun
farmers get improved corn seeds (kh
10/03/2023)
In
Nepal, farm women are becoming entrepreneurs :
Women are experiencing increased
responsibilities and workloads, especially in
situations where there is climate-driven out
migration of men and young people, by Subin
Adhikari (kp 08/03/2023)
Small
tea growers criticise electricity demand
charges : Tea farmers allege that the
Nepal Electricity Authority has made the
tariff regulations without having an
adequate study of the industry, by
Arjun Rajbanshi (kp 06/03/2023)
Taking
Nepali tea to the world : Nepal is
uniquely positioned to cash in on
growing demand for orthodox and
speciality tea in the international
market, by Nischal Dhungel (kp
05/03/2023)
Farmers
in Jumla find stable income in potato
farming : Though marketing is not an
issue, better roads would boost the
sales, farmers say, by DB Budha (kp
05/03/2023)
Tea,
and coffee development offices lack
funds to help farmers in east : Farmers
lament the government has not
prioritised tea and coffee development
programmes, by Laxmi Gautam (kp
04/03/2023)
Agricultural
Land Use in Nepal : Challenges and
Opportunities, by Jagat Deuja (kp
03/03/2023)
Chitwan
farmers find their calling in sunflower
farming (kh 02/03/2023)
American
armyworm attack maize crop in Jhapa
(kh 01/03/2023?
Farmers
to face fertilizer shortage next year
too (rep 28/02/2023)
Bardiya
farmers switch to fishery as income
doubles : Many farmers have left
cultivating traditional cereal crops and
dug ponds instead for fish farming,
by Kamal Panthi (kp 27/02/2023)
Farmers
earn 200 million rupees from cardamom
(kh 26/02/2023)
Biofertiliser
(Jholmal) : A Solution For Soil, Human
Health, by Tanka Dhakal (rn
24/02/2023)
Myagdi
farmers find their calling in potato
cultivation (kh 23/02/2023)
New
Technology Can Revolutionize Agriculture
in Nepal, by Basu Gautam (rep
22/02/2023)
Farmers
get grant for milk production (kh
21/02/2023)
Parbat
exports orange worth around Rs 300
million (kh 20/02/2023)
Egg
farmers want government to support
business : There is a great distance
between the egg producer and the egg
consumer, insiders say metaphorically as
they call for fair prices, by Ramesh
Kumar Paudeal and Arjun Rajbanshi (kp
20/02/2023)
Farmers
of Lamjung find their calling in black
cardamom farming (kh 16/02/2023)
When
is the next rain? Beyond the
environmental toll, droughts amplify
inequalities and threaten livelihoods,
by Madhukar Upadhya (kp 13/02/2023)
Ensure
market for domestic agro products: ANPF (kh
11/02/2023)
Nepal
exports tea worth Rs 38 million (kh
07/02/2023)
Tea
producers demand chemical fertilizers (kh
06/02/2023)
Ensuring
Fair Prices for Agriculture Produce (rep
04/02/2023)
Biodynamic
agripreneurs : A new organic farming approach
that helps revive soil health is spreading
across Nepal, by Sanjib Chaudhary (nt
03/02/2023)
Mushroom
farming turns rewarding to Nawalparasi farmers
(kh 03/02/2023)
Fertiliser
subsidies likely to hit record Rs39 billion :
Despite spending so much on fertiliser
subsidies, the expected rise in food production
has not happened, officials say, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 03/02/2023)
20
tons of cardamom produced in Parbat (rn
03/02/2023)
Climate
change worries trans-Himalayan farmers
(ht 02/02/2023)
Farmers
demand an increase in milk price (kh
31/01/2023)
Organic
matter matters : The indigenous
knowledge of Nepali farmers about
compost quality is worth emulating,
by Dinesh Panday (kp 29/01/2023)
Bhojpur
farmers feel encouraged to expand orange
farming (kh 28/01/2023)
Oranges
stored in cooling center rot in Syangja
(kh 26/01/2023)
Winter
rainfall makes wheat farmers happy :
Farmers who have planted wheat are happy
to witness the first winter rainfall
this year, but mustard, potatoes and
lentil growers are largely worried as
water has inundated their farmland,
by Mohan Budhaair (kp 26/01/2023)
Chiraito
herb hits all-time high of Rs1,000 per
kg : Tibet used to be the largest buyer
of the plant; but after China closed the
border, traders turned their attention
to India, by Ananda Gautam (kp
25/01/2023)
Nepal
is a Bourbon coffee country, report says
: The coffee-genotype DNA sequencing
research report released by the EU-Nepal
Trade and Investment Programme has
recommended that Nepal diversify the
genetic landscape in order to mitigate
the risk of having a single uniform
genetic background (kp 24/01/2023)
Kiwi
farmers worried as prices plunge : Many
kiwi growers have started to keep the
fruit in cold storage to sell them in
the off-season which yields them better
income, by Kedar Shiwakoti (kp
23/01/2023)
Fewer
farmers growing sugarcane because of
payment hassles : The sugarcane acreage
has decreased from 78,609 hectares in
2017-18 to 64,354 hectares in 2020-21,
government’s data shows, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 21/01/2023)
Sugarcane
farmers suffer due to delayed minimum
support price announcement : The harvest
season started in mid-November, but the
government still has not set the floor
price, by Krishana Prasain (kp
18/01/2023) [It's
the same every year!], Government
announces sugarcane minimum support price : The
government has fixed the support price of
sugarcane at Rs610 per quintal for this year’s
harvest season (kp 19/01/2023), Sugarcane
farmers not happy with support price fixed by
govt (rn 21/01/2023)
8
Lakhs earning a year from honey bee
farming (rn 13/01/2023)
Red
rot affects sugarcane farmers' income in
Parsa and Bara : When the affected
sugarcane is split open, the inner
region is reddish in colour with
intermittent white traces across the
cane length, by Shankar Acharya (kp
12/01/2023)
hokana
strives to revive its famed mustard oil
heritage : Mills in this traditional
Newar village pressed the finest cooking
oil, which any housewife in the valley
would swear by, by Subin Adhikari
(kp 10/01/2023)
Sweet
potato for hunger alleviation, by
Ajay Dhungana (ae 10/01/2023)
‘Goat
farming turns lucrative income source’
(kh 09/01/2023)
Tehrathum
farmers happy with the operation of cold
storage (kh 07/01/2023)
National
agriculture census reaches final stage
(kh 07/01/2023)
Gandaki
province produces oranges worth Rs 2.7
billion this year (kh 06/01/2023)
Commercializing
Mountain Agriculture in Nepal, by
Kiran Mainali (rep 05/01/2023)
Nepali
farmers line up to sell paddy while
imports surge : As per Birgunj Customs,
Rs5.25 billion worth of Indian paddy
entered Nepal between November 21 and
December 30, by Bharat Jargha Magar
and Shankar Acharya (kp 04/01/2023)
Nepal
has a chance to become self-reliant on
fine rice production (ae 03/01/2022)
Cabbage
exports to India soar as organic trend
catches on : Nepal exported 11,673
tonnes of white cabbage worth Rs136.17
million to India in the first five
months of the fiscal year, according to
customs data, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 01/01/2023)
Power
to the farmer : Agriculture could
provide Nepal with the growth in
electricity demand it desperately needs,
by Bishal Thapa (kp 30/12/2022)
Farmers
likely to harvest 5.48 million tonnes of
paddy : The paddy harvest will produce
3.52 million tonnes of rice after
milling while Nepal requires 4 million
tonnes annually to feed its population,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 30/12/2022), Nepal
grows 6.94 percent more paddy, still
faces shortfall of 480,000 tons this
year, by Rajesh Khanal (rep
30/12/2022)
Pest
management, the organic way : Chemical
insecticide use can be discouraged by
introducing organic pest management
techniques, by Utkal Sapkota (kp
30/12/2022)
Priority
on preserving indigenous crops (kh
29/12/2022)
Nepali
farmers battle twin problems of climate
change and contagion, by Monika
Malla (rep 29/12/2022)
Sugarcane
farmers in Rautahat forced to sell their
produce at lower prices : With sugar
mills in the area shutting down and the
minimum support price of sugarcane not
fixed, helpless farmers find themselves
at a crossroads, by Shiva Puri (kp
28/12/2022)
Farmers
forced to store ginger in pits : Despite
being an indigenous technique, it risks
rotting, by Biplab Maharjan (kp
27/12/2022)
Cows
imported from South Korea distributed to
farmers (kh 27/12/2022), With
Holstein cows, Sindhuli looks to boost
dairy sector : The baby cows are part of
a gift from South Korea of 101 Holstein
heifers and 20 high genetic-worth
breeding bulls, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 31/12/2022)
NPC’s
study opposes foreign investment in
primary sector of agriculture (kh
26/12/2022)
Lapsi
cultivation boosts incomes in Parbat : A
local factory manufactures pickle and
other products from the fruit which are
sold domestically and also exported,
by Agandhar Tiwari (kp 26/12/2022)
Low
price threatens future of large cardamom
farming : Nepal is the world’s largest
producer of large cardamom, by
Ananda Gautam (kp 20/12/2022)
Cucumber
farmers making good income (kh
20/12/2022)
Vertical
farming: Why it is relevant for cities
like Kathmandu and elsewhere : The
traditional labor-intensive farming
system in land and water-scarce
Kathmandu definitely cannot fulfill the
growing demands of the densely populated
city, by Niyati Shrestha (kp
20/12/2022)
Sugarcane
farmers demand Rs705 per quintal minimum
for this season’s harvest : The crushing
season began in mid-November, but
farmers are still waiting for the
government to publish the floor price,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 18/12/2022)
Excessive
use of chemical fertilisers lowers paddy
output in Parbat : Farmers have been
using a large amount of chemical
fertilisers to increase their
agricultural output, by Agandhar
Tiwari (kp 18/12/2022)
Only
20 percent of the arable land irrigated
(kh 17/12/2022)
Baglung
produces oranges worth Rs 240 million
(rep 16/12/2022)
Roads
allow Karnali’s farm products to reach
overseas : The region’s crops have also
found fans in Kathmandu where cereals
from distant districts have become
trendy, DB Budha and Krishna Prasad
Gautam (kp 15/12/2022)
Orange
growers in Kavre distressed by drop in
output : Ageing plants and poor
maintenance of orchards are major causes
for the reduced output, agri experts say,
by Jyoti Shrestha (kp 14/12/2022)
Palpa
sees a boom in paddy production (kh
12/12/2022)
Coffee
farming getting intl market, more youths
attracted to farming (kh 11/12/2022)
Biodynamic
Agriculture and Pest Management, by
Dipak Khanal (rep 09/12/2022)
Paddy
production hit after flooding becomes
more frequent in Bhajani : Nearly 20,000
families were affected by the floods and
inundation in several districts in
September. The floods inundated houses
and paddy fields belonging to around
9,000 families in Bhajani alone, by
Mohan Budhaair (kp 09/12/2022)
Farmers’
income waxing in Myagdi from beekeeping
: Those engaged in the occupation say
they are now able to send their children
to better schools in cities and towns,
by Ghanshyam Khadka (kp 09/12/2022)
Rejoicing
with bees in old age: Amrita Rawal,
by Golden Buda (rep 09/12/2022)
Farmers
choose hybrid varieties of rice for
higher yield : The farmers there have
shifted to growing hybrid varieties
because of their high productivity in
recent years, by Om Prakash Thakur
(kp 09/12/2022)
Farmers
orgs demand implementation of support
price for paddy (kh 08/12/2022)
Veggie
trade in the eastern hills seesaws with
the seasons : Sankhuwasabha, Tehrathum
and Dhankuta districts export cabbages
valued at more than Rs500 million to
India annually, by Chandra Karki (kp
06/12/2022)
No
soil, no food : One of the critical
problems the world is facing is soil
degradation from nutrient loss, by
Menila Kharel (kp 05/12/2022)
Chitwan
records rise in paddy production (kh
04/12/2022)
Wine
company to purchase Kiwi from farmers
(kh 03/12/2022)
It's
a hard life for low-wage Nepali tea
workers : The tea industry is one of the
oldest and largest export-oriented
sectors in the country, but it has no
social protection scheme, by Arjun
Rajbanshi (kp 01/12/2022)
Syangja
farmers elated with increase in orange
production (kh 30/11/2022)
Rice
productivity up in Jhapa (kh 28/11/2022)
Seoul
gifts Holstein heifers, bulls to boost dairy
sector : Milk output of the breed exceeds 30
litres a day, over three times what improved
variety of cows in Nepal now yield, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 26/11/2022)
India's
wheat export ban weighs on Nepali industries,
by Sangay Sherpa (ht 25/11/2022)
Birgunj
receives 2,500 tonnes of urea : As farmers rush
to plant their winter crops with the chill
setting in, several districts across the country
are reporting shortages of chemical fertiliser,
particularly urea, by Shankar Acharya (kp
25/11/2022)
Industrializing
Nepal’s farming, by Upendra Gautam (ae
24/11/2022)
Climate
change hits apple output in Mustang, by Tara
Chapagain (ae 24/11/2022)
Illegally
imported fish affects market of local produce,
by Sangay Sherpa (ht 18/11/2022)
7,500
tonnes fertiliser arrives in Birgunj, Bhairahawa
(rn 16/11/2022)
Farmers
destroy illegally imported fish in Bharatpur
(kh 15/11/2022)
Orange
farmers prosper after switching to avocados :
The number of farmers growing avocado in
Dhankuta increased from 1,963 to 4,926 in four
years, according to officials, by Ramesh
Chandra Adhikari (kp 15/11/2022)
Farmers
forced to sell paddy at cheaper price as govt
delays fixing its price, Yogesh Rawal (rep
09/11/2022), Govt
increases support prices of paddy by up to Rs
226 per quintal at the farmers’ price (rep
09/11/2022)
Import
restrictions on Nepali tea: A potential blessing
in disguise : Nepali producers are still facing
difficulties in trading outside India as Nepali
tea doesn’t have a single lab to test the
standard of tea before exporting, by Sindhuj
Thapa (nlt 07/11/2022)
Govt
to invest Rs 10 billion at local, provincial
levels to increase agricultural production,
by Dilip Poudel (rep 07/11/2022)
Delay
in fixing floor price of paddy: farmers bear the
brunt (rn 07/11/2022)
Farmers
dependent on India for potato seeds, by
Yogesh Rawal (rep 06/11/2022) [???]
Seedless
paddy worries farmers (kh 03/11/2022)
Sherpas
spend nine months in Chaurikharka for managing
livelihood expenses (kh 02/11/2022)
Farmers
in Taplejung busy in harvesting cardamom (kh
02/11/2022)
Insect
infestation damages paddy crops in Palpa : Plant
feeders have infested farms in Madi, Rampur,
Argali and Kachal, known as the district's food
basket, by Madhav Aryal and Ramesh Kumar
Paudel (kp 25/10/2022)
Darchula
shepherds face hardship as track on Nepal side
yet to be repaired : Villagers, including those
in Chhangru and Tinkar, are forced to use the
Indian road to move their cattle, by Manoj
Badu (kp 23/10/2022)
Fortified
rice to be produced to fight malnutrition : The
Department of Food Technology has proposed
raising the recommended micronutrient content
for fortified rice, by Krishana Prasain (kp
21/10/2022)
Climate
crisis is brewing in farming belt, by
Shankar Prasad Khanal (ae 20/10/2022)
Experts
insist on organic farming for better public
health (kh 20/10/2022)
Nepali
tea growers breathe easier after India lifts ban
on blending : Shipments plunged after India’s
move last November in a bid to protect its
domestic industry, by Pawan Pandey (kp
20/10/2022)
Government
mute spectator as extreme weather hits farmers :
As climate change-induced disasters increase,
thousands of people face the risk of hunger,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 18/10/2022)
Pyuthan
self-sufficient in flower production (rn
18/10/2022)
Farmers
busy harvesting rice surviving excessive rain
(rn 16/10/2022)
Excessive
rainfall inflicts loss on farmers (kh
12/10/2022)
Subsidised
solar irrigation pumps: Not benefitting needy
farmers, by Kashi Kafle and Aditi Mukherji
(ht 12/10/2022)
Seed
security: A path to secured agriculture sector
in Nepal : The government should focus on
incorporating private and community sectors and
create a competitive environment with business
culture for seed production, by Niyati
Shrestha (nlt 03/10/2022)
Equitable,
resilient and sustainable food system : Nepal
has no choice but to increase its agricultural
production by enhancing land and irrigation
water productivity, by Khem Raj Sharma (kp
03/10/2022)
Youths
start commercial organic farming in
Sindhupalchok (rn 01/10/2022)
Transport
costs dear for Bajura apples (rep
30/09/2022)
Transforming
SFDP And Building Strong Grassroots Level
Institution For Poverty Alleviation, by
Shivram Prasad Koirala and Nav Raj Simkhada (ae
27/09/2022)
Cardamom
price declines, farmers become worried (rn
25/09/2022)
Whiteflies
destroy seed-bearing paddy in Nawalparasi East
(kh 24/09/2022)
Success
story of a mother: How farming changed her
destiny (kh 23/09/2022)
Prospects
Of Agroforestry In Nepal, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn 20/09/2022)
Poultry
products manufacturing industry established
(kh 20/09/2022)
Drought
and heat wave take toll on paddy crop : Nepal's
harvest in the fiscal year 2022-23 is doubtful
due to a combination of climatic and man-made
factors, experts say, by Rupa Gahatraj
(18/09/2022)
Kalikot
produces 7,200 metric tons of apple (kh
14/09/2022)
How
does an agricultural country fail in
agriculture? Nepal has more productivity and
opportunities for economic growth in high value
cash crops, compared to cereal crops. But the
farmers and government have not used this
opportunity, by Rishab Tuladhar (nlt
13/09/2022)
Farmers
worry over disease in sugarcane (kh
13/09/2022)
Nepali
industries hit after India taxes paddy, rice
(kh 10/09/2022) [Nepal
urgently needs to become independent from the
import of agricultural products!], India’s
export tariff on rice sparks food inflation
fears in Nepal : The paddy harvest is doubtful
as Nepal suffered a shortage of chemical
fertiliser during the transplantation period,
experts say, by Sangam Prasain and Krishana
Prasain (kp 10/09/2022)
Retain
Youths For Agriculture Development, by
Balaram Sharma Chaulagain (rn 10/09/2022)
Farmers’
attraction to jute farming waning (kh
04/09/2022)
Woman
earns Rs. 45,000 a month from cow farming,
by Ramesh Bishwokarma (rn 31/08/2022)
Fertiliser
shortage, drought, heat wave threaten farming
future : Import-dependent Nepal may have a hard
time as key producers like China and India have
adopted a protectionist policy and restricted
food and fertiliser exports, experts say, by
Sangam Prasain and Mohan Budhaair (kp 30/08/2022)
Palpa
emerging as lime growing district : Farmers are
giving up traditional cereal crops and turning
to growing fruits because it is more lucrative
(kp 27/08/2022)
How
barter stores are sparing farmers marketing
hassle : They take agricultural and forest
products from the farmers and give them daily
essentials in exchange, by Dipendra Baduwal
& Gaganshila Khadka (kp 21/08/2022)
A
dry spell in mid-monsoon pushes hundreds in
Banke to migrate to India : Last year,
unseasonal and extreme precipitation damaged
ready-to-harvest paddy, while this year, paddy
saplings and other crops have dried up due to a
dry spell, by Arjun Poudel (kp16/08/2022)
Cardamom
export plunges by 31% (rn 14/08/2022)
Bhojpur
farmers seeking market for milk (kh
12/08/2022)
In
hot water amid looming India import curbs, tea
growers seek government help : India is largest
buyer of Nepali tea and more stringent
requirements for certificate of origin would be
disastrous for domestic producers, insiders say,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 10/08/2022)
Apple
farming no more in pocket areas in Mustang, new
areas emerging as apple farms (rn
10/08/2022), Climate
change altering apple farming (ht
11/08/2022)
New
maximum levels for heavy metals in food products
fixed : Nepal will implement the standards after
they have been approved by the World Trade
Organisation, officials say, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 09/08/2022)
Delayed
paperwork freezes Rs60 m of farmers’ subsidy :
Sugarcane farmers can’t get their money because
the mills have not submitted purchase details to
the government, by Nabin Poudel (kp
07/08/2022)
Land
left barren due to over flooding (kh
06/08/2022)
To
bee or not to bee : A rise in demand for wild
honey internationally has led to a steep decline
in Himalayan giant honeybees, by Nabin Baral
(nt 05/08/2022)
Farmers’
groups given grants for goat farming (kh
05/08/2022)
Manang
sells Yarsagumba worth Rs 235 million (kh
04/08/2022), Yarsa
yield falls in Sankhuwasabha : Hardly any
Yarsagumba is found in Silichong while
Yarsagumba harvest has significantly plunged in
Makalu in the past few years, say pickers,
by Dipendra Shakya (kp 05/08/2022)
The
bitter side of Nepal’s sugar economy : The
general population of Nepal has been facing the
brunt of the challenges faced by the sugar
economy in the form of frequent shortages and
price hikes of sugar, which is an essential
product in Nepali households, by Ayushma
Maharjan (nlt 01/08/2022)
Garlic
not getting good market value (rep
01/08/2022)
Jumla
apples being sold raw in the market (kh
31/07/2022)
Indiscriminate
use of pesticides taking toll on farmers in
Tarai : There’s a lack of awareness and
monitoring, which impacts not only those who use
the chemicals but also those who consume the
produce, experts say, by Om Prakash Thakur,
Shiva Puri & Krishana Prasain (kp 31/07/2022),
Don’t
touch that : Farmers have been using harmful
pesticides unaware of the dangers (kp
01/08/2022)
Farmers
relieved with light rain (kh 30/07/2022)
Farmers
reduce acreage for lack of adequate fertiliser :
Drop in production could lead to food shortages
and higher prices in a country already reeling
from inflation, experts say, by Sangam
Prasain, Shankar Acharya and Rajesh Mishra (kp
29/07/2022) [Neglect of
duty on the part of the government!]
No
clarity on Rs500 billion microfinance fund meant
for lending to farmers : Officials say they are
working on a concept paper on how to make the
scheme proposed in the budget for this fiscal
year work for farmers, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 29/07/2022)
Nepal’s
import of agricultural products jumps more than
double to around Rs 379 billion in the past
seven years (rep 28/07/2022)
Karnali
sees drop in agriculture yields (kh
28/07/2022)
Surkhet,
which once imported seeds, now exports them,
by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 28/07/2022)
Can’t
import food forever : We should work hard
towards improving food security domestically
(kp 27/07/2022)
Farmers'
group in Syangja making good income from maize
seeds (ht 25/07/2022)
Less
being invested in agriculture sector (ht
24/07/2022)
Dragon
fruit plants start yielding fruits in Pyuthan
(rn 24/07/2022)
Subsistence
Farming Still Matters in Nepal, by Sourav
Dhungana (kh 22/07/2022)
‘Agriculture
is hit hardest by climate-induced losses and
damages, planned and proactive responses must be
directed to build resilience of farmers’,
interview with Ngamindra Dahal (nlt 20/07/2022)
Drought
hits paddy in Tarai (ht 18/07/2022), Scant
rainfall frets farmers in Madhes (kh
19/07/2022)
Agriculture,
Livestock and Medicinal Herb Insurance Directive
to come into effect from July 17 (kh
16/07/2022)
Arable
land being rapidly eroded, by Arjun Oli (rep
15/07/2022)
Agriculture
loan rises by 20% (rn 15/07/2022)
Nepal’s
tea sector suffering from shortage of chemical
fertiliser : Lack of adequate fertiliser could
cause a 30 percent drop in tea output this year,
insiders say, by Krishana Prasain and Arjun
Rajbanshi (kp 13/07/2022), Tea
and empathy : Nepal’s tea industry is under
pressure due to the unavailability of
fertilisers (kp 14/074/2022)
New
provisions to compensate crop failure (ht
10/07/2022), Succour
to farmers : "The effectiveness of the amended
Seeds Act will be known only when it is put into
practice" (ht 11/07/2022)
Fertilisers
shortage dampen joy of farmers, by Kiran
Lama (ht 08/07/2022)
Import
of agro products exceeds export (kh
05/07/2022)
Nepal
exports coffee worth Rs 106.6 million in 11
months of running fiscal (kh 05/07/2022)
Farmers
in Doti begin rice plantation despite shortage
of chemical fertilizer (kh 03/07/2022)
Farmers
prosper after growing chillies to be free of
marauding monkeys : Asparagus and chilli are in
great demand in the cities. Farmers hope to earn
Rs9 million from the crops this year, by
Madhav Aryal (kp 03/07/2022)
Nepal’s
dependency on rice increasing, annual import
touches Rs 50 billion : Rice, the staple crop of
the country, is grown in around 1.5 million
hectares of land and it requires around 6
million metric tonnes of rice annually to feed
around 30 million population of the country
(nlt 02/07/2022)
Sufficient
rain leads to quicker plantation (kh
02/07/2022)
Relief
support to flood-affected farmers of Kailali
(kh 02/07/2022)
Call
for subsidy to agro products (kh 02/07/2022)
Climate
change hits Himalayan rice :Nepali farmers come
together to preserve local seed varieties that
can cope with climate induced crop failures,
by Erica Wu (nt 01/07/2022)
Nepal
sets ambitious target for food sufficiency : The
government plans to reduce crop imports and
increase domestic production despite a lack of
irrigation and fertiliser, by Ramesh Kumar
(nt 01/07/2022)
How
heat waves hit women farmers : Heat waves are
concerning from a gender perspective, as
research in Nepal, India and Bangladesh shows,
by Heather Randell and Emily M L Southard (kp
30/06/2022)
Crippling
fertiliser shortage clouds Paddy Day
celebrations for thousands of farmers : If
farmers can't get chemical fertilisers on time
due to government bungling, they face reduced
harvests and incomes, by Sangam Prasain (kp
29/06/2022)
Faulty
assurances : Nepal turned into a net food
importer from an exporter after the 1980s due to
abysmal farm policies, by Bijendra Man
Shakya (kp 29/06/2022)
Nepal
imports vegetables worth over Rs 34 billion in
11 months : Potatoes worth Rs 7 billion and
onions worth Rs 5 billion imported (kh
27/06/2022) [Nepal is
really not able to grow enough vegetables by
itself?]
Kanepokhari
farmers make income by selling pumpkins (rn
25/06/2022)
Lack
of rainfall worries farmers in Salyan (kh
23/06/2022)
Perennial
problem of fertilizer shortage hits Dhanusha
(kh 23/06/2022)
Tired
of waiting, farmers start planting paddy without
chemical fertilisers : Farmers across the
country are desperate for chemical fertilisers
to arrive as early onset of monsoon brings
abundant rain to prepare the fields for paddy
transplantation, by Madhav Dhungana, Sanju
Paudel & Nabin Paudel (kp 20/06/2022)
Desperate
farmers seize fertilisers in Dhading : The
smuggled farm inputs were being escorted to
Kathmandu when people intercepted trucks and ran
away with sacks, by Sarita Shrestha (kp
19/06/2022)
Why
Nepal should legalize cannabis : If alcohol,
which possesses far greater health risks than
cannabis, is being traded and consumed so
liberally why not legalize the use and
production of cannabis which has high economic
value?, by Birendra Madai (nlt 17/06/2022)
Purbanchal
Poultry Farm facing a loss of Rs 1.2 million
daily due to padlock (kh 17/06/2022)
Challenges
to food production : We will need more than just
enhanced seeds and mechanisation to sustain
agriculture, by Madhukar Upadhya (kp
15/06/2022)
Turkey
farmers face off against the pandemic : A few
years ago, turkey farming seemed like a
lucrative business idea, but with Covid-19 and a
general lack of policies, the sector seems to
have given out before it could take off, by
Marissa Taylor (rec 14/06/2022)
Enforce
Farmers’ Pension Scheme, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn 14/06/2022)
Nepal’s
land use legislation is flawed: What should be
done? The land-use legislation in Nepal aims to
increase agricultural productivity. But the
policymakers have failed to realize that the
effectiveness of reform depends upon the ability
of farmers to engage in productive agriculture,
by Ayushma Maharjan (nlt 13/06/2022)
Confusion
engulfs budget plan to set up Rs500 billion fund
for farm financing : Central bank says it was
unaware of such plan. Bankers, who have already
lent hundreds of billions to the sector, are
concerned about who will regulate the
microfinance fund, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 10/06/2022)
Money
grows on trees here : An enterprising couple has
made Palpa the lemon capital of Nepal , by
Sahina Shrestha (nt 10/06/2022)
Pesticides
sprayed from the drone, farmers of Chitwan
excited with mechanisation (rn 06/06/2022)
Nepal
scrambles to secure fertilisers as paddy season
begins : Minister in Delhi as India seeks
details from Kathmandu to tide over crisis of
essential farm inputs like urea and DAP, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 03/06/2022)
Chitwan
exports 174,800 ltr of milk per day, by
Basanta Dhungana (kp 02/06/2022)
Nepal
will be self-sufficient in agriculture within a
year: Agriculture Minister Yadav (rep
28/05/2022) [?????
Politicians should be held accountable for what
they say!]
Fertiliser
shortage haunts farmers ahead of looming paddy
season : Fertiliser shortage is major problem
repeating every crop season in the past several
years, by Binod Bhandari and Arjun Rajbanshi
(kp 25/05/2022) [It is
the same every year, no matter which incompetent
government is in power!]
Wheat
harvest likely to fall below forecast due to
rain : Production is likely to rise by less than
1 percent to 2.02 million tonnes, according to
the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
Development, by Sangam Prasain (kp
22/05/2022)
Govt
urges pig farms to be on high alert : Highly
contagious African swine fever ravages six farms
in valley (ht 21/05/2022)
Banana
farmers in Nijgadh devastated after storm
destroys their crops : Farmers had planted
banana on 1,200 bighas, and the storm wiped out
crops on 150 bighas, by Laxmi Sah (kp
13/05/2022)
NARC
preserves more than 18,000 varieties of 300
crops (kh 11/05/2022)
Farmers
high and dry as local units fail to help : Local
governments only care about construction of
roads and bridges, neglecting agriculture,
voters say, by Binod Ghimire (kp 09/05/2022)
Additional
investment in agriculture demanded (kh
04/05/2022)
Above-normal
rains could come as a boon, but fertiliser
crisis may dampen farmers’ hopes : As the
economy faces a crisis, the situation is
unlikely to improve with concerns stemming from
high food prices, by Sangam Prasain (kp
02/05/2022)
High
time 'ban on marijuana goes up in smoke' : Nepal
closed its marijuana dispensaries in 1973, but
now lawmakers are seeking to lift a cultivation
ban to create a new export revenue stream
(ht 30/04/2022)
Forest
cover may have increased but agricultural land
is shrinking : Farmlands have shrunk by 2.1
percentage points with the expansion of built-up
area from 2000 to 2019, latest data suggest,
by Pawan Pandey (kp 25/04/2022)
Nepal
imported fruits worth over Rs 11 billion in the
first nine months of current FY (rep
25/04/2022) [?????],
Country
imports fruits worth over Rs 11 billion while
arable land remains uncultivated (kh
25/04/2022)
Seventh
agriculture census beginning today
(kh 19/04/2022)
Farmers
demanding payment of sugarcane stop
sugar exports (rep 16/04/2022), Farmers halt sugar supply
(rn 18/04/2022)
How
remittance is fuelling agricultural
risks and unplanned sprawl : In 1989,
the urban cover occupied just 221.1 sq
km of the Tarai, but this had increased
to 930.22 sq km by 2016. Agriculture’s
share in the GDP has fallen markedly
over a decade, by Aakriti Ghimire
(kp 14/04/2022)
Boost
Agriculture Productivity, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn 12/04/2022)
Cooperatives
in agricultural transformation : Having the
right people at the governance and management
levels is critically important for the success
of cooperatives, by Padma Singh (kp
11/04/2022)
Middlemen
rake it in while farmers and consumers suffer :
Kathmandu residents pay high prices for
vegetables, but growers get little of the money,
by Pawan Pandey (kp 09/04/2022)
Tea
farmers hamstrung by closure of processing plant
: Farmers with shares in the factory have been
demanding that it be revived and operated in a
transparent manner, by Ramesh Chandra
Adhikari and Chandra Karki (kp 05/04/2022)
Karnali
emerges in new avatar as exporter of cereals :
Farmers here grow foxtail millet, proso millet,
kali marsi rice, buckwheat and varieties of
beans, all of which are shipped to Kathmandu,
by Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp 03/04/2022)
Monkey,
maize and man : Farms in Syangja’s Putalibazaar
are under assault from gangs of roving monkeys
that destroy all the crops, leaving farmers with
little to harvest, by Dinesh Kafle (kp
26/03/2022)
Getting
high on High Mountain Tea : Rebranding Nepali
tea, putting it on the world map, by Sonia
Awale (nt 25/03/2022)
Sugar
mills begin cajoling farmers after suffering
sugarcane shortage : Factory owners have been
visiting farmers to encourage them to plant
sugarcane by offering different schemes, farmers
say, by Krishana Prasain and Shiva Puri (kp
19/03/2022)
Farmers
opt for potato cultivation in group (kh
18/03/2022)
Conservation
tillage: For agricultural independence,
prosperity, by Angel Kattel (ht 16/03/2022)
Apple
farmers in Jumla go commercial as sales jump :
After Jumla became linked to the national road
network that eased access to market, farmers say
their income has increased severalfold, by
LP Devkota (kp 13/03/2022)
Farmers
Bearing Losses In Paddy To Get 36% Compensation
In First Installment (rn 13/03/2022)
Bohara
holds a Master’s degree and excels in
agriculture, by Mahesh Kumar Mahar (kp
10/03/2022)
Sugarcane
production sees huge downfall as sugar factories
linger to pay farmers on time (rep
04/03/2022)
New
Dairy Industry Comes Into Operation (rn
28/02/2022)
Commercial
farming empowers women from a Musahar community
in Siraha : Self-employed women from the
community are now able to send their children to
school, by Bharat Jargha Magar (kp
27/02/2022)
Farmers
prosper making betel leaf plates and bowls :
Betel nut trees provide multiple
benefits—everything from leaves to nuts can be
sold, farmers say, by Parbat Portel (kp
25/02/2022)
Severe
fertiliser crisis looms as government continues
to fumble : Sources say that government will not
be able to meet even half of the chemical
fertiliser requirement which may trigger farmer
protests during the proposed local elections in
May, by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/02/2022), So
what's new? Bogus promises represent the
callousness with which those at the top function
(kp 23/02/2022)
Gandaki
govt selects 70 animal firms in Baglung for
grants (kh 20/02/2022)
The
water and food nexus : Despite Nepal's vaunted
water resources, there isn't enough for growing
more food, by Khem Raj Sharma (kp 17/2/2022)
Promoting
Contract Farming, by Khilendra Basnyat (rn
16/02/2022)
Ginger
farmers face hard times after market crashes :
Production has plunged by 95 percent in Palpa
district which is famed for the spice, by
Madhav Aryal (kp 15/02/2022)
Battle
against the fall armyworm : The larval stage of
the pest is the most devastating period causing
drastic crop losses, by Yubak Dhoj GC (kp
14/02/2022)
Mustard
production likely to increase (kh
13/02/2022)
Betel
leaf farming proving fruitful (kh
13/02/2022)
Tea
exports plunge by a third in the first half of
the fiscal year : Traders blame the fall on
Indian policy discouraging the Nepali product in
response to lobbying by Indian tea producers,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 08/02/2022)
Farmer
incomes soar after construction of cold stores :
Vegetables like potato and fruits such as
oranges and lemons, along with other food items,
sell for high prices in the off season, by
Birendra KC (kp 05/02/2022)
How
Nepal, a country of farmers, became a food
importer over the years : Nepal spent nearly $1
billion on buying food from India alone in a
year as agriculture stumbles due to faulty
policies. Food import bills have grown 78 times
in two decades, by Sangam Prasain (kp
03/02/2022), Diversifying
trade : The embargo highlighted the need to
reduce our dependency on products of the
agricultural sector (kp 03/02/2022),
Let’s
grow our own : The state cannot remain a mute
spectator when market-driven imports are causing
a dent in the economy (kp 04/02/2022)
Why
Nepali tea could not ‘grow’ : The high cost of
organic certification also poses a big challenge
to tea farmers, by Roshee Lamichhane (kp
03/02/2022)
Widening
agriculture trade deficit : Inadequate and
ineffective service delivery is a significant
impediment to agricultural development, by
Padma Singh (kp 31/01/2022)
Farmers
demand hike in milk price (kh 31/01/2022)
Karnali
To Provide Allowance To150 Shepherds (rn
30/01/2022)
Youths
Run Goat Farm With Rs. 18 Million Investment
(rn 30/01/2022)
Amid
Shortage Of Inputs, Sunsari Farmers Still Pursue
Potato Farming, by Jay Krishna Yadav (rn
30/01/2022)
Late
blight disease destroys potatoes in Khandachakra
(kh 29/01/2022)
A
case of sheer govt negligence: Over 7,000 tons
fertilizer dumped to rot at Birgunj dry port,
by Narayan Neupane (rep 24/01/2022), Rotten
fertiliser : How can we expect agriculture
growth in the country when the concerned
officials do not take decisions on pressing
issues? (ht 26/01/2022)
Quick
and effective decisions : The government should
show how its policy decisions can create changes
on the ground in favour of farmers, by
Madhukar Upadhya (kp 20/01/2022)
The
grass is greener : By helping them understand
the importance of balanced feed, a
Nawalpur-based grass resource center is
providing farmers with the means to grow and
balance their own livestock feed, by Sanjb
Chaudhary (rec 20/01/2022)
Use
Of Machine Makes Crushing Sugarcane Easy, by
Dhyan Kulung (rn 20/01/2022)
Migration
Hits Agriculture, by Namrata Sharma (rn
19/01/2022)
Battling
climate change: Soil protection is the key,
by Ritu Joshi (ht 19/01/2022)
The
bitter struggle behind sweet sugar: Is the
industry on the verge of collapse? Sugar mills
are crushing farmers instead of sugarcane, while
the successive governments stand as mute
spectators secretly serving the crony
capitalists while ignoring the farmers who are
fighting for justice (nlt 17/01/2022)
Nepal
reeling under fertilizer shortage as China
reluctant to supply it on time : 38,500 metric
tons of fertilizer stuck in China, by Eak
Raj Bastola (kh 17/01/2022)
Sugarcane
farmers begin harvest after new rate fixed : The
government has increased the minimum support
price of sugarcane by 8.39 percent to Rs590 per
quintal. The price includes a government subsidy
of Rs70 per quintal paid to sugarcane farmers,
by Sunita Baral (kp 16/01/2022)
National
Dairy Development Board recommends increasing
price of milk by Rs 10 per liter (kh
16/01/2022)
Lockdown,
unseasonal floods and loss in quality dealt
triple blow to paddy farmers : Paddy procurement
by the state-owned food supplier in Parsa and
Kailali has either been cancelled or postponed
due to poor quality of crop, by Ganesh
Chaudhary and Shankar Acharya (kp 15/01/2022)
Nepal's
blossoming honey industry crushed by wild
weather (ht 14/01/2022)
Farmers
urged to use chemical fertilizers wisely, by
Narayan Prasad Neupane (rn 09/01/2022)
Panchthar
Farmer Produces Tomatoes For 16 Months From Same
Plants (rn 08/01/2022)
Sugarcane
price up 8 percent to Rs590 per quintal : From
2018, the government started fixing the floor
price of sugarcane in a bid to end constant
confrontation between sugarcane farmers and
sugar producers (kp 07/01/2022), Govt
Fixes Minimum Support Price Of Sugarcane At Rs.
590 Per Quintal (rn 07/01/2022)
Improve
productivity : With a significant drop in rice
production this year, import bills for the
staple food will see a whopping increase (ht
05/01/2022)
Government
admits sugar mills still owe Rs80 million to
farmers : Himalayan Sugar Mill, Annapurna Sugar
Mill, Lumbini Sugar Mill and Indira Sugar Mill
have not paid sugarcane farmers for their crops,
officials say, by Krishana Prasain (kp
05/01/2022)
Farmers
worry over marketing of kiwifruit (kh
04/01/2022)
Govt
blames ‘odd situation’ in int’l market for its
failure to import chemical fertilizers on time
(rep 03/01/2022)
Nepal’s
paddy production down by around 500,000 tons
this year due to torrential rain (rep
01/01/2022), It’s
paddy that will put further pressure on economy
: Nepal’s paddy harvest is expected to shrink to
a five-year low to 5.13 million tonnes. Experts
say reduced output may cause inflation and
prompt more imports, by Sangam Prasain (kp
03/01/2022)
Farmers
in upper Bhojpur happy with snowfall (kh
01/01/2022)
Sugarcane
farmers to protest again for overdue crop
payment : The agitating farmers had called off
their protest last year following an assurance
from the government that the delinquent mills
would pay them within 21 days, by Krishana
Prasain and Shiva Puri (kp 01/01/2022)
Dependency
on maize seeds increasing: seeds worth around Rs
7 billion imported in four months (kh
31/12/2021)
Sugarcane
farmers to launch fresh protest from mid-Jan
after failing to receive previous years’ dues
(rep 27/12/2021) [There
is obviously still no state interest in finally
putting an end to the criminal practices of the
sugar mills!]
Farmers
complain of fertilizer shortage during wheat
sowing season (rep 26/12/2021)
Money
from coffee cherry skins : After removing the
coffee beans, the cherry skins are pulped and
dried to make cascara tea, by Sanjib
Chaudhary & Nagendra Bastakoti (kp 24/12/2021)
Left
in the lurch, Nepali sugarcane farmers struggle
to stay in business : WTO says India violated
trade rules when it offered excessive subsidies
to the production and export of sugar and
sugarcane, by Krishana Prasain and Shiva
Puri (kp 18/12/2021)
Sharp
rise in poultry feed mars farmers (kh
17/12/2021)
Winter
harvest likely to be hit as fertiliser shortage
harasses farmers : As farmers rush to plant
their winter crops, several districts are
reporting they are short of plant nutrients,
particularly urea, by Sanju Paudel, Shankar
Acharya & Bhawani Bhatta (kp 12/12/2021)
Urea
Fertilizer Imported On Subsidy Allegedly Misused
(rn 09/12/2021)
Cultivation
Of Boro Paddy Starts In Jhapa (rn
09/12/2021)
Farmers
yet to receive relief for destroyed paddy
(ht 09/12/2021), Compensate
on time : The farmers should be compensated
quickly so that they have some money for the
next plantation season (ht 09/12/2021)
Illegal
cultivation of marijuana on the rise in Sindhuli,
by Anil Bhandari (rep 06/12/2021)
Farmers
upset by government delays in buying their paddy
: They say the holdup is messing up their crop
plans, and they need the money to buy fertiliser
and seeds for their winter crops, by Ganesh
Chaudhary (kp 05/12/2021)
Farmers
leave ginger in fields due to lack of fair price
(rep 04/12/2021)
Fertiliser
crisis could spell economic disaster, experts
warn : Essential farm nutrients could be in
short supply in Nepal amid global shortages,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 03/12/2021)
Inflation
Causes Major Crisis For Fertilizer: Minister
Yadav (rn 01/12/2021)
Cash
grant guidelines for flood-hit farmers approved
: According to the Ministry of Agriculture and
Livestock Development, it will take one more
month to complete the cash distribution process.
The maximum compensation amount is set at
Rs55,000 (kp 29/11/2021)
Farmers
scramble for fertiliser as planting season fades
: A global shortage of nitrogen fertiliser is
driving up prices to record levels, prompting
countries like Nepal to delay imports, by
Binod Bhandari (kp 27/11/2021)
Agroecology,
Nepal’s answer to climate change : The answer to
addressing climate impact is to regenerate the
most important ecosystem of all: the soil,
by Zachary Barton (nt 26/11/2021)
The
honey hunters of Dolakha : Honey hunting has
come to be seen as one of the last symbols of a
wild Himalaya, by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp
26/11/2021)
Wheat
seeds distributed to Kailali farmers (kh
21/11/2021)
Coffee
prices in Nepal stagnate while global market
sees record multi-year highs : According to the
National Tea and Coffee Development Board, there
are 31,340 coffee farmers in Nepal, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 18/11/2021), Coffee
production falls, coffee worth Rs 100 million
imported (rep 18/11/2021)
Export
growth of Nepali coffee encouraging despite
adverse impact of COVID-19 pandemic (rep
16/11/2021)
How
climate change is affecting Solukhumbu’s
potatoes : Changing weather patterns, a possible
consequence of climate change, have already
stopped apple farming in the region and are now
threatening potato production, by Marissa
Taylor (rec 15/11/2021
Delay
in compensation makes farmers worry (kh
13/11/2021)
Production
of cardamom drops (ht 13/11/2021)
Farmers
in Far West hit by chemical fertiliser shortage
: Due to escalating global prices, the
government company responsible for supplying
imported fertilisers is having a hard time
finding sources, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp
12/11/2021)
Planting
indigenous crops to build climate resilience :
In Kaski, agriculturalist Kushal Poudel is
planting indigenous crops to keep age-old
farming techniques alive while also adapting to
the changing climate, by Nisha Rai (rec
(12/11/2021)
Nepal
unbans import of genetically modified crops :
The move has sparked protest with scientists and
lawyers questioning the government’s intention
behind allowing controversial products into the
country, by Sangam Prasain (kp 11/11/2021),
No
backdoor entry : Food security arises from an
unequal distribution of resources rather than a
paucity of food itself (kp 12/11/2021)
Relief
to be provided to farmers based on extent of
damage to crops (kh 09/11/2021)
Mustang
earns Rs 350 million selling Himalayan goats
(kh 07/11/2021)
Rampant
import of Marigold results in heavy wastage of
local flowers this festival (kh 07/11/2021),
Flower
business rebounds on festive celebrations :
According to the Floriculture Association Nepal,
the total flower trade during the four-day Tihar
festival amounted to Rs152 million, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 08/11/2021)
Lumbini
Province is self-sufficient in food production,
officials say : The province produced 2.51
million tonnes of food, resulting in a surplus
of 445,000 tonnes, according to officials,
by Madhav Aryal (kp 04/11/2021)
Govt
to give up to 65% in subsidy to paddy farmers
(kh 29/10/2021), Nepal
announces record Rs5.52 billion payout for paddy
farmers : A guideline for the identification of
farmers and relief distribution criteria will be
formulated within five days as per the Cabinet
decision, by Sangam Prasain (kp 30/10/2021)
Farmers
cultivate marijuana, citing lack of viable
alternatives (ht 27/10/2021)
Tihar
flowers likely to be in short supply due to
rains : Garlands hold huge cultural significance
during the festival as sisters put those made of
makhamali and marigold flowers around their
brothers’ necks, by Krishana Prasain (kp
27/10/2021)
Paddy
damage by freak rains estimated at Rs8.26
billion : According to preliminary estimates by
the Agriculture Ministry, 325,258 tonnes of
ready-to-harvest paddy in 85,580 hectares were
either submerged or swept away in seven
provinces, by Sangam Prasain (kp
25/10/2021), Protect
paddy farmers : Ease of access to compensation
makes all the difference for the farmers hit by
the deluge (kp 26/10/2021)
200
hectares of paddy crop damaged in Myagdi (kh
23/10/2021)
Paddy
Crops Worth Over Rs. 7.2 Billion Destroyed:
Ministry, by Laxman Kafle (rn 23/10/2021)
Rains
inflict 30 percent loss to paddy crops output in
Chitwan (kh 21/10/2021), Heavy
loss of crops : The unusual rainfall is likely
to create a food crisis even in the Tarai
region, which is the bread basket of the country
(ht 21/10/2021)
Baglung
sees commercial farming of dragon fruit (kh
21/10/2021)
Maoist
Center Chair calls for setting up agriculture
assistance fund (kh 20/10/2021)
Unexpected
autumn rains dampen good paddy harvest hopes _
Erratic and extreme weather patterns as a result
of climate change have damaged paddy crops
across the country, which could have a profound
impact on Nepal’s economy, by Abup Ojha (kp
20/10/2021)
Sindhuli
farmers expecting bumper sweet orange harvest :
The citrus fruit is cultivated on 1,345 hectares
in the district; last year, output amounted to
8,881 tonnes, by Raj Kumar Karki (kp
20/10/2021)
Rains
damage ripepaddy crops in several districts
(kp 19/10/2021)
Cold
store proves a boon to fruit farmers in Dhankuta
: The refrigerated warehouse has allowed growers
to keep their harvest for months and sell it at
a fair price, by Pradeep Menyangbo (kp
12/10/2021)
Farmers
encouraged to grow Basmati rice commercially :
The aromatic rice is not grown on a large scale,
and Nepal has been importing it from India. The
rice import bill stood at Rs50.48 billion in
last fiscal year, by Sangam Prasain and
Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 04/10/2021)
Jhapa
jute farmers stare at an uncertain future as
crop productivity falls : The country used to be
a major exporter of jute to Europe, and the
golden fibre was a major source of foreign
exchange, by Parbat Portel (kp 01/10/2021)
In
Mahottari, reclaiming riverbeds for farmland :
Turning fertile riverbeds into leasehold farms
have helped farmers increase incomes but it
doesn’t safeguard them from the hazards of
climate change, by Marissa Taylor (rec
28/09/2021)
Beyond
Pesticides, by Santosh Khadka (rep
27/09/2021)
Large
cardamom prices rebound on higher demand : The
price of the spice reached a one-year high of
Rs1,000 per kg in the eastern commercial hub of
Birtamod, as per local traders, by Ananda
Gautam (kp 26/09/2021)
Delayed
announcement of minimum support price of paddy
no help for farmers : Usually, the rate is
declared well in advance for farmers to plan
their crops before the start of the planting
season (kp 25/09/2021)
Coffee
by-product valorisation: Prospect in tea and
liquor, by Laxman Neupane and Mahendra P
Joshi (ht 16/09/2021)
Cereal
crop production up, vegetable production down in
Karnali (kh 15/09/2021)
Govt
to construct large model agricultural production
center in each province (kp 10/09/2021)
Taplejung
cardamom gets good price (kh 10/09/2021)
Juicy,
Cheap, Organic Apples From Karnali Overwhelm
Market In Nepalgunj, by Siraj Khan (rn
09/09/2021)
Organic
push threatens tea growers in eastern hills :
Many growers have stopped applying chemical
fertiliser as part of the organic push but they
are not getting the organic manure on time,
by Biplav Bhattarai (kp 05/09/2021)
Fertiliser
crunch hits Bara farmers hard (ht
03/09/2021)
Goat
farming flourishes with Nepalis eating more meat
: An estimated 100,000 goats are sold during the
Dashain festival in Kathmandu, according to the
Department of Livestock Services, by Biplab
Maharjan (kp 23/08/2021)
Cannabis
destroyed, by Dhan Bahadur Budha (rep
22/08/2021)
How
to make fertilisers in Nepal : Producing mineral
fertiliser by recycling waste is one way to
address endless shortages, by Surendra
Pradhan (kp 12/08/2021)
Think
different, think small : What a small-scale
farmer has is land handed down by ancestors, and
there has been no policy to make farming in such
terrains sustainable, by Dinkar Nepal (ae
12/08/2021)
NARC
and IRRI partnering in Hybrid Rice Technology
Transfer Project (kh 10/08/2021)
Flower
industry wilts as social events are scaled back,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 08/08/2021)
Excessive
use of pesticides in green vegetables (kh
08/08/2021)
4,800
hectares of land to be used for coffee
plantation in Pakhribas Municipality (rep
07/08/2021)
Wildlife
rampage displaces farmers from occupation
(kh 05/08/2021)
Agricultural
Credit: Problems & Prospects, by Babu
Kaji Thapa (rn 05/08/2021)
Commercial
vegetable farming: Is it the answer for
Dadeldhura?, by Lipy Adhikari and Abid
Hussain (ht 04/08/2021)
Rolpa
farmers begin climate-smart agriculture (kh
03/08/2021)
Harvesting
yartsa gunbu during the pandemic, by Binaya
Pasakhala and Kesang Wangchuk (rep 03/08/2021)
Sugarcane
farmers resort to agitation again after
government breaks promise : Farmers say sugar
mills still owe them Rs250 million that includes
the subsidy amount given to them by the
government, by Krishana Prasain (kp
02/08/2021)
Link
farmers with traders: To increase farm revenue,
by Kashi Kafle and Tisorn So ngsermsawas (ht
30/07/2021)
Sugarcane
farmers in capital once again to protest as
sugar factories fail to clear their dues
(rep 29/07/2021)
Land
Reform: Lacking Holistic Approach, by
Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep 28/07/2021)
Dubbed
an ‘agricultural country’, Nepal lacks
Agriculture Act (kh 26/07/2021)
Dairy
farmers receive grant (kh 26/07/2021)
Paddy
transplantation pace nearly as fast as last year
: Nepali farmers have transplanted paddy on
88.75 percent of 1.37 million hectares,
Agriculture Department says, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 24/07/2021)
Nawalpur
sees rise in winter paddy harvest (kh
19/07/2021)
Genetically
Engineered Crops : Boon or Bane, by Santosh
Khadka and Rabin Basnet (rep 17/07/2021)
Changes
in Farming System, by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep
11/07/2021)
Nepal
still importing rice, sending out over Rs 26
billion a year (ae 08/07/2021)
Chunwang’s
garlic finds better market this time (kh
04/07/2021)
Farmers
boost yield by using System of Rice
Intensification : Average productivity soared to
7 tonnes per hectare in Morang, compared to the
national average of less than 4 tonnes, by
Binod Bhandari (kp 03/07/2021)
Nepal
wants to be an agriculture-driven economy but
future of the sector is in crisis : Share of
agriculture in the country’s economy has been
plummeting. Although 60 percent of Nepalis still
depend on agriculture, it accounts for just 25
percent of the GDP, by Sangam Prasain (kp
29/06/2021)
Paddy
farmers happy as fertiliser arrives in time :
The ban on the transportation of plant nutrients
was lifted in the first week of June, just as
farmers were preparing to transplant paddy,
by Sanju Paudel (kp 28/06/2021)
Milk
worth Rs118 million wasted due to supply
disruptions, farmers say : Lockdown forces
farmers and cooperatives to dump milk as ghee
and milk powder could soon expire for lack of
buyers, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp
26/06/2021), Milk
producers in Chitwan bear huge loss during
prohibitory order (kh 28/06/2021)
Jumla’s
organic agri-products being exported to Canada
(rep 23/06/2021)
COVID-19
prohibitory measures end in huge loss for
Bhaktapur vegetable farmers (kh 21/06/2021)
Jobless
people turn sandbowls into lush fields : Nepal’s
vast riverbeds, mostly unused, have huge
potential to be utilised for the poverty
alleviation of thousands of landless families,
by Amrita Anmol (kp 21/06/2021)
Climate
change and farming : Lessons from Gandaki,
by Tanushree Thapa (ht 18/06/2021)
What’s
in the agriculture budget : The government’s
financial plan has also emphasised the
digitisation of agriculture, by Shankar
Sapkota (kp 16/06/2021)
Who
moved my rice? Rice keeps the country together.
Let’s come together to help farmers grow more
rice (kp 15/06/2021)
Paddy
transplantation begins amid fertiliser shortage
fears : Officials at Agriculture Inputs Company
say that sales resumed last week but stockswould
not last long at any depot or cooperative due to
panic buying, Sangam Prasain, Bhawani Bhatta
and Mohan Budhaair (kp 15/06/2021) [This surprises the Oli
government every year!]
Army’s
foray into agriculture sector sparks debate :
There should be a clear distinction between what
a national defence force should and should not
do, observers say, by Anil Giri (kp
12/06/2021)
Promotion
of self-sufficiency in agriculture highlighted
(kh 10/06/2021)
Agro-Strategy
Tailored To Protect Ecosystem, by Shankar
Sapkota (rn 09/06/2021)
Farmers
face getting wiped out for lack of market access
: Vegetable growers are forced to destroy their
produce due to lack of transportation, by
Krishana Pasain (kp 03/06/2021)
Fertilisers
not on ‘essential commodity’ list as paddy
farmers wait anxiously : Decision to block
supply can have an overarching effect, as it may
hit paddy crop, and slash economic growth in
turn, by Sangam Prasain (kp 03/05/2021), Always
a shortage : There is something seriously wrong
when farmers face a lack of fertiliser every
year (kp 04/06/2021), Nepal
all set to sign fertiliser supply deal with
India : The five-year agreement will assure
supply of 30 percent of Nepal’s annual
fertiliser requirement, officials say, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 05/06/2021) [And for the remaining 70 per
cent, farmers will have to wait for months as
usual!]
Non-chemical
ways to fight pest : An unceasing stream of
biotic and abiotic stresses threaten food
security and health, by Yubak Dhoj GC
(kp 02/06/2021)
Farmers
given paddy seeds in subsidy (kh 01/06/2021)
Nepali
Dairy Sector: A Critical Review, by Tek
bahadur Thapa (rn 01/06/2021)
Lockdown
disrupts dairy sector as sales suffer, feed
becomes scarce : With hotels and restaurants
shut, farmers can’t sell their milk because
there are no buyers. Residents also do not want
to come out of their houses to buy milk due to
risk of infection, by Chandani kathayat, LP
Devkota and Biplab Bhattarai (kp 27/05/2021)
Nepal
Holds Potential For Precision Farming, by
Monika Parajuli (rn 26/05/2021)
Imported
potatoes appear in highlands as winter drought
decreases yields : Taplejung district, long
known as a heartland of potato cultivation, now
imports the vegetable, by Ananda Gautam (kp
23/05/2021)
Agriculture
growth: It is about the market, by Jagadish
Prasad Bist (ht 21/05/2021)
Getting
the priorities right : Nepali farmers need a
guaranteed market more than easy loans and
subsidised inputs, by Jagadish Prasad Bist
(kp 18/05/2021)
Vegetables
rot in fields as lockdown paralyses market :
Groceries are allowed to open briefly in the
morning and sales are at minimum level, traders
say, by Pratap Bista and Krishana Prasain
(kp 17/05/2021) [This is
an expected consequence of the totally
ill-conceived pandemic policy of the incompetent
Oli government!], COVID-19
hits dairy industry: 1.9 million liters of milk
wasted daily, by Sabina Karki (kh
17/05/2021)
Farmers
bearing burnt of restrictions (ht
09/05/2021)
FDI
In Agriculture : Opportunities & Challenges,
by Mukunda Raj Kattel (rn 03/05/2021)
Dry
winter causes crop failures in most of Bajhang :
Winter crops production was down by over 90
percent in most farmlands this year, according
to officials, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp
28/04/2021)
Wheat
harvest likely to be less due to long dry winter
: The drought is expected to have lessened the
yield by 8 percent to 2.09 million tonnes,
officials said, by Sangam Prasain (kp
27/04/2021)
Hit
by delayed first flush, tea growers worried
about later harvests : The first flush, the most
lucrative of four harvests, had almost halved
because of the winter drought, by Krishana
Prasain and Biplav Bhattarai (kp 26/04/2021)
Apple
farmers in Manang grow new varieties at higher
altitudes, by Aash Gurung (kp 21/04/2021)
Farmers
who lost fertile lands to Koshi floods find hope
in fruit farming : Villagers learn new
techniques to turn sand covered land into fruit
orchards, by Pradeep Menyangbo (kp
17/04/2021)
Production
of major crops up in Sudurpaschim (kh
16/04/2021)
Fertiliser
woes : One way to substitute imported
fertilisers is to push for anure-based
fertilisers until we have a fertiliser plant of
our own (ht 08/04/2021)
Bhaktapur
opens country’s largest vegetable market
(rep 07/04/2021)
Nepal
under severe drought condition : Winter crops
affected, by Shankar Sharma and Binod
Pokharel (ht 30/03/2021)
Rediscovering
millets : The grain can potentially improve the
nutrition and health security of a large
population, by Madhukar Upadhya (kp
26/03/2021)
Nepal
self-sufficient in egg and meat
production, government says : According to the
Ministry of Agriculture, the country produces
1.61 billion eggs and 548,000 tonnes of meat
annually, by Sangam Prasain (kp 26/03/2021)
Empowering
women farmers : Agricultural mechanisation is
the key, by Pratigya Silwal and Subha Khanal
(ht 25/03/2021)
FDI
in agriculture : The biggest obstacle to
bringing FDI into the country is finding enough
land to start an agro enterprise (kp
24/03/2021)
Encouraging
entrepreneurship in the hinterlands :
Authorities need to invest in education to
produce trained junior technical assistants,
by Roshee Lamichhane (kp 22/03/2021)
Farmers
and markets : The govt must invest heavily to
modernise the agriculture sector by introducing
modern technology and know-how (ht
19/03/2021)
Re-arranging
the response to climate change impacts in Nepali
agriculture, by Somsak Pipoppinyo (rep
18/03/2021)
Farmers
may not face fertiliser crisis this year with
record-high imports in the pipeline, officials
say : But there are worries about fulfilling
demand for fiscal year 2021-22, beginning
mid-July, as global prices of the vital farm
inputs have shot up, by Sangam Prasain (kp
15/03/2021)
As
ginger prices plunge in India, Nepali farmers
face huge losses : Farmers say the government
has taken no initiative to seek alternatives to
the Indian market; About 90 percent of the
ginger produced in Nepal is exported to the
Indian market, by Pradeep Menyangbo
(kp 14/03/2021)
Potato
farmers all smiles because of steady prices :
Sindhupalchok district produces 65,750 tonnes of
potatoes annually, according to the agriculture
office, by Anish Tiwari (kp 13/03/2021)
Nepal’s
tea exports thrive despite pandemic : Shipments
to Germany alone were worth Rs52.7 million in
the first half of the fiscal year, officials say,
by Parbat Portel (kp 12/03/2021)
3,400
tonnes of urea fertiliser arrive from Bangladesh
(ht 11/03/2021)
What
is lacking in Nepal’s land reform initiative?
Although land reform has been a priority area of
the government, land use planning has always
remained under the shadow of revenue collection
and land distribution, by Bhairab Raj Kaini
(rep 11/037202)
One
Door Information System For Farmers In The
Offing (rn 27/02/2021)
Harnessing
the sun to pump water : Solar irrigation can
help Nepal’s subsistence farmers improve yield,
cope with the climate and Covid crises, by
Usha Manandhar (nt 26/02/2021)
Citrus
greening is killing orange trees, harvest drops
by half : Farmers faced a pest problem as the
winter was slightly warmer this year, experts
say, by Biplav Maharjan (kp 22/02/2021)
School
programme helps students generate income :
Students can take interest-free loans to start
farming, by Chandani Kathayat (kp
21/02/2021)
AICL
in hot water for awarding Rs 1.36bn contract to
under-qualified firm (ht 18/02/2021)
Sugarmills
face shortage of raw materials : Farmers
increasingly abandon sugarcane farming for other
sweeter options (ht 18/02/2021)
Apple
Farming Lures Humla Farmers (rn 17/02/2021)
Nepal’s
unreliable vision for seeds : Availability of
good quality seeds is a prerequisite to increase
crop production. But seed supply system of Nepal
is not reliable and farmers have always
complained about unavailability of quality seeds,
by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep 16/02/2021)
Sugar
industries are not getting sugarcane, by
Rekha Bhusal (rep 14/02/2021)
Novel
project seeks to promote Nepali tea in the world
market : Stakeholders expect the project,
estimated to cost around Rs175 million, to
provide significant support by way of technical
assistance, by Biplav Bhattarai (kp
11/02/2021)
Agro
minister seeks report on status of Kalimati
market (ht 10/02/2021)
Agriculture
Needs Sweeping Reforms, by Narayan Prasad
Ghimire (rn 07/02/2021)
Rupandehi
housewife grows all her vegetables on her
rooftop : Bhandari says she doesn’t need to buy
vegetables and fruits from the market anymore,
by Sanju Poudel (kp 02/02/2021)
Poultry
market takes hit after bird flu is detected in
Kathmandu Valley : Officials says poultry
products from areas other than where the flu was
detected can be consumed, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 01/02/2021)
Modern
agriculture: How sustainable?, by Sushil
Pokhrel (ht 01/02/2021)
Stakeholders
ready to help cardamom farmers (ht
31/01/2021)
With
less Chiuri flowering, beekeepers’ income
plunges : Honey production has gone down by as
much 60 percent due to much fewer flowers on the
chiuri trees and changing flowering timings, say
beekeepers, by Pratap Bista and Ramesh Kumar
Poudel (kp 31/01/2021)
MoALD
to begin farmers' listing from mid-February
(ht 29/01/2021)
Pesticide
use on vegetables continues but more is being
used to fight climate change impact : Nepal is
among countries using least amounts of
pesticides but impact on health is among the
highest in the world since farmers do not follow
norms, officials and experts say, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 27/01/2021)
How
is farm-size linked with productivity? Nepal has
no option other than to increase productivity of
small farms. Land policies should also give a
significant support to small family farms,
by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep 27/01/2021)
Why
Nepal should allow FDI in agriculture : The
country needs foreign capital and technology to
lift it out of subsistence farming, by
Roshee Lamichhane (kp 27/01/2021)
Ostrich
farmers fall on hard times after tourism fades :
Hotels and restaurants are still shuttered,
resulting in a massive drop in meat demand,
farmers say, by Amrita Anmol (kp 27/01/2021)
Agricultural
products lead export growth : Export revenues
swelled by 15.46 percent mainly due to a rise in
shipments of cardamom, tea and medicinal plants,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 26/01/2021)
Sugarcane
farmers to resume protest to get
paid in full : Both the government and the sugar
mills are refusing to disclose the details
of the payments made so far, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 22/01/2021)
There
are few studies showing that foreign investment
in farming stimulates growth : Do we want FDI in
agriculture?, by Arun GC (kp 21/01/2021), Agri
sector associations announce protests against
foreign investment : 15 associations say their
investments would be at risk and there is no
guarantee foreign capital will create more jobs
(kp 24/01/2021)
Way
to address the concerns of sugarcane farmers,
by Ayushma Maharjan (rep 21/01/2021)
Sugar
mills are gradually clearing years-long dues,
government says, but farmers contest the claim :
With the deadline for payment on Monday,
sugarcane farmers say they want to know how much
each farmer has been paid. There are also
differences on how much is actually owed, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 18/01/2021), Sugar
mills fail to clear outstanding dues within govt
deadline (ht 19/01/2021)
Commercial
Mushroom Farming Makes Gurung Forget Foreign
Employment, by Prakash Chandra Bhattarai (rn
17/01/2021)
Sugarcane
farmers yet to recover due payments (ht
12/01/2021)
Concerns
raised about foreign investment in agriculture,
but it is needed, stakeholders say : Amid fears
that small farmers could be hit hard, officials
say 75 percent of such production must be
exported and the technology that will come along
will be helpful, by Sangam Prasain and
Kishana Prasain (kp 09/01/2021), Seed
the future : The government has to rethink
agricultural sustainability and food security
(kp 11/01/2021), FDI
In Agriculture Sector Should Be Allowed With
Conditions: Experts, by Mukunda Gaire (rn
12/01/2021)
Fertiliser
buffer stocks to be created to ensure
regular supply to farmers : Each province will
have a reserve of 25,000 to 30,000 tonnes which
will be used in times of crisis, officials say,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 07/01/2021)
Farmers
in Chitwan’s Madi turn to fishery to avoid
wildlife incursions : The government declared
Madi a fish block under the Prime Minister
agriculture project, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel
(kp 06/01/2021)
Decision
to allow FDI in agro sector slammed (ht
06/01/2021), Welcoming
FDI in Nepali agriculture, by Bhoj Raj
Poudel (ae 08/01/2021)
The
rising popularity of herbal tea : Not long after
the pandemic hit, many new companies cropped up
and old companies remodelled themselves to
meet the demand for a piping hot, niche
commodity—herbal tea, by Tsering Ngodup Lama
(kp 05/01/2021)
Historic
tea estate of Nepal shrinking (ht
03/01/2021)
Lumbini
Sugar Mill Starts Clearing Payment Dues After
Owner Got Arrested (rn 03/01/2021), , Sugar
factories ‘show interest’ in paying cane farmers
after the arrest of Lumbini Sugar Mills owner,
by Rekha Bhusal (kh 03/01/2021) [Obviously, this is the only
language these criminals understand!]
Farmers
in Thasang, Mustang benefit from irrigation
project : The construction of an irrigation
canal at Jhomo Phant in Tukuche has made it
possible for people to return to their villages
and start farming, by Pratiksha Kafle (kp
02/01/2021)
MoALD
preparing to build agro markets at all govt
levels (ht 02/01/2021)
Supreme
Court orders sugar mills to pay farmers within a
month (kp 02/01/2021)
Chitwan
farmers are happy after switching to potatoes,
by Ramesh Kumar Poudel (kp 01/02/2021)
Orange
Farmers Becoming Millionaire In Tanahu: Orange
Worth Rs. 50 Million Sold From Two Villages,
by Amar Raj Naharki (rn 01/01/2021)
'Garden
Of Green Vegetables' Turning Into Concrete
Jungle: 30 Percent Farmland Lost To Residential
Area In Madhyapur Thimi Municipality, by
Mahima Devkota (rn 01/01/2021)
Cane
farmers complain about delayed payment from
mills : The government made a deal on Monday and
said their payments were being processed, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 01/01/2021)
Sugarcane
farmers call off their protest as government
promises payment in 21 daysThe four-point
agreement also includes the formation of a
technical committee to solve the longstanding
problems of the farmers. A similar deal was made
in January, by Krishana Prasain (kp
29/12/2020), Broken
promises : Farmers have become disillusioned
because of debts and policy corruption (kp
30/12/2020), Cane
farmers to revoke pact signed with government,
by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 30/12/2020)
Paddy
harvest hits record high for 4th straight year :
Farmers gathered 5.62 million tonnes of paddy
this year, according to the Ministry of
Agriculture and Livestock Development, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 29/12/2020)
Mills
clear nearly 50 per cent dues of sugarcane
farmers (ht 26/12/2020)
Agricultural
scheme encourages people to take up farming,
by Pratiksha Kafle (kp 25/12/2020)
Declining
cardamom price dejects farmers (ht
25/12/2020)
Geographical
Indication: With reference to Basmati rice,
by Nina Regmi (ht 24/12/2020)
NHRC
calls for paying outstanding dues to sugarcane
farmers (ht 23/12/2020), Protesting
sugarcane farmers fear being elbowed out of
public view : The farmers from the Tarai have
been holding a sit-in to demand payment for
their crops sold to sugar mills, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 26/12/2020)
Sugarcane
farming declines in Mahottari (ht
23/12/2020) [This
reaction has been overdue for long!]
Farmers
in Doti, Kailali worried over lack of market for
produce (ht 21/12/2020), No
market for oranges grown in Doti (rep
21/12/2020)
11
agro industries registered in last five months
(ht 21/12/20209
Protesting
farmers unconvinced they will be paid soon
despite assurances from the government (kp
20/12/2020)
After
diseased orange trees die, farmers worry about
income loss and some have even started to
migrate : Orange trees, which take four years to
bear fruit, have been dying in Tanahun and
neighbouring districts for lack of
micronutrients, by Anup Ojha (kp 19/12/2020)
Shree
Ram Sugar Mills starts clearing dues : Rs 319.1m
deposited; Rs 77.3m transferred to farmers’
accounts (ht 19/12/2020)
House
panel wants sugar mills to clear all arrears
within a week : The House committee directs the
government to take action against mills
showing laxity in settling farmers’ dues, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 18/12/2020)
Police
issues arrest warrant against operators of four
sugar mills (rep 17/12/2020)
Paddy
production projected to rise to 5.6 million
metric tons this year (rep 17/12/2020)
Five
species of Nepali cardamom identified (kh
15/12/2020)
The
bitter story of sweet sugarcane: Farmers not
paid for past seven years (rep 13/12/2020),
Sugarcane
farmers are back in the Capital as Oli
administration broke its promiseThe government
failed to make sugar mills pay the farmers their
dues despite an agreement. They saw no option
and came to Kathmandu to protest demanding
payments, by Krishana Prasain (kp
14/12/2020), Bitter
pill : The government must ensure that sugarcane
farmers are paid in full immediately (kp
15/12/2020), ugarcane
farmers refuse to sit for talks as the
government dilly-dallies : Home and industry
ministers show lukewarm response to farmers,
with one promising ‘lawful action’ against mill
owners and the other saying infiltration by
‘middlemen’, by Krishana Prasain (kp
16/12/2020), Sugarcane
Farmers Continue Their Sit-In Protest In
Kathmandu, by Shanti Lama (rn 16/12/2020)
Farmers
dissatisfied as govt sets floor price of
sugarcane at Rs 544.33 per quintal (rep
12/12/2020)
Powering
Nepal’s agriculture, by Bishal Thapa (ae
11/12/2020)
What’s
the cause behind fertilizer shortage? What can
be done?, by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep
10/12/2020), Nepal
to claim geographical indication right on
Basmati paddy, by Rajesh Khanal (rep
10/12/2020)
Paucity
of fertiliser hits farmers hard (ht
08/12/2020)
Nepal’s
agriculture lost more than 12 billion rupees
during pandemic, by Dilip Poudel (rep
06/12/2020)
Nepali
large cardamom growers and traders cheer rebound
in prices : The price has reached Rs875 per kg,
up from Rs750 last year, and is expected to rise
further, traders said, by Krishana Prasain
and Ananda Gautam (kp 05/12/2020)
Paddy
farmers throng government depots to sell staple
: State-owned Food Management and Trading
Company is offering farmers Rs500 per quintal
more than the prices offered by traders this
year, by Mohan Budhair (kp 04/12/2020)
Dairy
industry struggles to survive despite easing of
restrictions : Producers are continuing to lose
more than Rs1 billion monthly, officials say,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 03/12/2020)
Sugarcane
farmers threaten agitation if the price is not
raised : The Ministry of Agriculture says they
have recommended retaining last year’s minimum
support price, by Krishana Prasain (kp
02/12/2020)
Farmers
have hard time selling rice (ht 30/11/2020)
Baskuna
Village In Myagdi Becomes Orange Village, Every
Household Earns Up To Rs. 7 Lakh A Year, by
Thakur Prasad Acharya (rn 30/11/2020)
Middlemen
causing loss to farmers (ht 27/11/2020)
Farmers
in the eastern hills produce oranges worth Rs1
billion : The hailstorms in April and May and
the extended monsoon in September had
affected orange yield which is expected to
drop 25 percent this year, by Pradeep
Menyangbo (kp 26/11/2020)
Floor
prices for coffee raised by 5 percent : The new
pricing will ensure a 22 percent profit for
farmers, excluding their cost of production,
by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 24/11/2020)
Respect
farming: No food, no life, by Shristi Khanal
(ht 24/11/2020)
Sugarcane
farmers to hit the street (ht 22/11/2020)
'A
10-Year-Old Kiwi Plant Gives More Income Than
Food Grains Produced In 10 Ropani Land': Story
Of A Kiwi Farmer, by Nabin Shishir BK (rn
22/11/2020)
State-owned
chemical fertiliser supplier says there will be
no scarcity this winter : Recurrent shortages of
the crop nutrients have been the bane of Nepali
farmers, by Sangam Prasain (kp 21/11/2020)
Apple
farmers in Karnali hit by crop failure : Drought
during the flowering period and hailstorm during
the fruit-bearing period affected output,
farmers say, by Tularam Pandey (kp
20/11/2020)
COVID
Lockdown Makes An Offer: Hotelier Youth
Translates Childhood Aspiration Into Action,
Becomes Buffalo Farmer, by Thakur Prasad
Acharya (rn 20/11/2020)
Vegetable
Farming Only In Four Ropani Land: Net Saving Two
Lakh Rupees A Year, by Nabin Shishir BK (rn
19/11/2020)
Higher
tea prices push up Nepal’s export earnings : Tea
exports see a steep jump of 150 percent to
Rs2.18 billion. Shipments in the first quarter
of the last fiscal year amounted to Rs871
million, by Krishana Prasain (kp 18/11/2020)
Sugar
producers propose three-tierpricing system for
sugarcane : Under this plan, high-quality
sugarcane will be priced at Rs546 per quintal,
medium at Rs536 and low at Rs526, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 15/11/2020)
Fruits
worth nearly Rs 3 billion imported for Dashain,
Tihar and Chhath (kh 14/11/2020) [Nepal should be able to
produce enough fruit itself!]
Walnut
production makes Humla farmers rich (kh
14/11/2020)
Pandemic
hits floriculture hard : Floriculture
Association Nepal says businesses lost Rs750
million due to the pandemic, by Anup Ojha
(kp 13/11/2020)
Youths
Start Buffalo Farming In Rs. 30 Million, Make
Five Lakh Rupees As Profit A Month, by
Chitra Mijar (rn 12/11/2020)
Sugarcane
farmers demand clearance of dues (ht
11/11/2020), Farmers’
woe : This has happened largely because the
government has failed to crack down on the
industrialists for duping the farmers (ht
12/11/2020)
Horticulturists
optimistic about getting a good sale in Tihar,
by Sabina Karki (kh 11/11/2020)
Paddy
harvest likely to equal last year’s bumper level
due to monsoon boost : Agriculture experts say
Nepal had a chance to reap a record harvest
because of a timely monsoon and abundant farm
labour, but the government blew up the
opportunity by failing to ensure a strong
fertiliser supply mechanism, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 11/10/23020)
Sudurpaschim’s
agriculture subsidy plan for returnees falls
short : Eighty thousand migrant workers have
applied for the government grant prepared for
only 5,000, by Arjun S#hah (kp 09/11/2020)
Domestic
production to meet flower demand (ht
09/11/2020)
The
future of mountain farming : With a disjointed
development plan that heavily benefits the rich,
there aren’t many people left to continue
farming, by Madhukar Upadhya (kp 06/11/2020)
Power
of data: To enhance food security : Agricultural
advisory services are essential for helping
Nepali farmers cope with the effects of climate
change. As farmers cannot identify crop and
livestock problems on their own, they have to
rely on a sparsely distributed agriculture
extension service, by Faisal M Qamer and
Abdu Rahman Beshir (ht 06/11/2020)
Sixty
per cent paddy harvesting completed (ht
06/11/2020)
Ilam
tea farmers in mood to quit tea farming (kh
05/11/2020)
Commercial
kiwifruit farming luring farmers in Bhojpur
(ht 02/11/2020)
World
Bank approves $80 million project to boost
Nepal’s agriculture sector, post-Covid-19
recovery (kp 30/10/2020)
Villagers
help harvest paddy of coronavirus infected
family in Tanahun : At a time when Covid-19
patients are facing stigma in different parts of
the country, people from four villages in Vyas
set an example of community solidarity amid this
crisis, by Anup Ojha (kp 30/10/2020)
Paddy
farmers in West Nawalparasi get lower prices as
lockdown hits supply chain (kp 29/10/2020)
Drought
and hunger drive Nepal farmers to India, defying
COVID ban (ht 21/10/2020)
Can
job creation and productivity increase happen
together?, by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep
20/10/2020)
Fish
farming is catching on in Khotang : Many farmers
are switching to rearing fish because it
provides a higher return compared to other types
of farming, by Dambar Singh Rai (kp
17/10/2020)
Yak
farmers urge preservation, promotion of yak
farming (ht 16/10/2020)
Kiwi
farmers in eastern Nepal told not to harvest
fruits until they are fully ripened : Local
authorities have decided to keep a close watch
as premature picking may harm their market value
in the future, by Biplav Bhattarai (kp
15/10/2020)
Piecemeal
approach : Our agriculture sector will remain
stagnant as long as we continue to depend on
subsistence farming (ht 13/10/2020)
Cane
farmers demand payment of outstanding dues from
sugar mill : The Sugarcane Producers Association
says that Shree Ram Sugar Mill in Rautahat,
which closed two months ago, has Rs410 million
in outstanding dues to farmers, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 12/10/2020), Honour
thy farmer : Sugarcane producers are deep in
debt as the government looks away (kp
13/10/2020)
COVID-19
Impact: Nepal Unlikely To Become Self Reliant On
Fish, Meat And Milk (rep 10/10/2020)
We
can’t keep importing food : Increasing
dependence on the market to supply food may not
be feasible in the days ahead, by Madhukar
Upadhya (kp 09/10/2020)
Ministry
of Agriculture and Livestock Development begins
preparations for farmers’ survey (ht
08/10/2020)
Why
Small Farmers Are Failing, by Binaya Ghimire
(rn 06/10/2020)
Lockdown
causes tea exports to soar as people stay home
guzzling the brew : Tea shipments from Nepal
jumped 147 percent year-on-year in the first two
months of the fiscal year, officials say, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 02/10/2020)
Hail
wallops apple production in Karnali, by
Lalit Bahadur Budha (ae 02/10/2020)
Want
Fresh Orange Round The Year? A Farmer In Syanga
Offers: Come Anytime, Pluck Oranges From Plant,
Take Them, by Arjun Kafle (rn 29/09/23020)
Why
the agro supply chain couldn’t be saved :
Revamping the ecosystem of the agricultural
value chain requires concerted efforts,
by Roshee Lamichhane (kp 28/09/2020)
Rukum
(West) Produces More Food Grains Against Demand
(rn 25/09/2020)
Nepal’s
orthodox tea gets its own trademark : The
trademark includes the words ‘Nepal Tea Quality
from the Himalaya’ and is the country’s first
brand of agri produce, by Biplav Bhattarai
(kp 24/09/2020), Tea
farmers and traders sceptical about trademark
implementation : Stakeholders highlight the
system of getting organic tea certified, which
costs more than Rs 500,000, as a major
obstacle to widespread adoption of the new brand,
by Biplav Bhattarai (kp 27/09/2020)
Cabbage
exports to India hit Rs 500 million annually :
The cabbage harvest season has started in the
eastern hills, by Pradeep Menyangbo (kp
23/09/2020)
Of
onions and potatoes : The need for Nepal to
become self-sufficient in vegetables cannot be
overemphasised. (kp 18/09/2020), Nepal
Spending Billions In Onion Import, by Laxman
Kafle (rn 20/09/2020)
Potato
prices hit new highs as rain disrupts harvests :
Palung potato, the most sought after variety,
costs Rs110 per kg, up from Rs90 two weeks ago
while Mude potato now costs Rs100 per kg, up
from Rs80, by Krishana Prasain (kp
17/09/2020)
Youths
Make A Lakh Rupee A Month As Income By Goat
Farming, by Gyanu Pangeni (rn 14/09/2020)
Massive
slump in demand during the peak season has the
nursery industry on edge : If sales do not pick
up, thousands could lose their jobs and
nurseries will shut down, operators warn, by
Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp 13/09/2020)
Farmers
against government’s land bank law (ht
10/08/2020)
Juicy
Marpha Apples All Set To Reach Market (rn
08/09/2020)
Uncertainty
in fertiliser distribution riles farmers, by
Arpana Ale Magar (ht 05/09/2020), Feeding
plants to feed people : News stories of farmers
not getting fertiliser on time and annual
shortages keep appearing in the media, by
Arun GC (kp 06/09/2020)
Is
Nepal ready for organic farming? Jumping into
organic farming immediately without having
sufficient inputs and resources, technical
services and pest and disease management
solutions will be like running into the darkness,
by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep 04/09/2020)
The
fertiliser conundrum–governments ponder over it
every paddy season and forget after harvest : An
agreement with India to procure fertiliser
expired in 2017. Since then farmers have been
deprived of timely supply, as authorities have
failed to explore other options, by Sangam
Prasain and Anil Giri (kp 03/09/2020)
Ilam
tea farmers in protest mood (kh 01/09/2020)
Livelihoods
of hundreds of fish farmers in Province 5 at
stake : As a result of travel restrictions,
farmers in the region say they are unable to
transport produce to the market or purchase feed
and many of their fish are dying, by Sanju
Poudel (kp 30/08/2020)
Farmers
get raw deal as middlemen take the lion’s share
: Ginger, tea and cardamom growers are forced to
sell their produce for whatever prices they can
get due to obstacles in exporting agro products
to India, by Parbat Portel (kp 28/08/2020)
3,000
tonnes of urea fertilisers arrive (ht
27/08/2020)
Promoting
Farmers' Cooperatives, by Ut6tam Maharjan
(rn 25/08/2020)
Corona
wallops farming in eastern Nepali hills, by
Sitatam Guzragain (ae 21/08/2020)
We
reap what we sow: The country must come up with
a comprehensive agriculture strategy
(kp18/08/2020)
Farmers
complain of urea shortage nationwide, government
says it’ll get the fertiliser within a week: Any
delay would cripple production despite the gains
of having 98 percent cultivation, the highest in
the last five years, by Sangam Prasain (kp
17/08/2020)
Govt’s
failure to ensure timely fertiliser to hit paddy
yield (ht 15/08/2020)
Tea
Workers Warn Of Launching Agitation (rn
13/08/2020)
Why
legalize marijuana? As marijuana is easier to
cultivate than other crops and its use is
globalizing, lifting the ban will create
economic opportunities for both farmers and
traders, by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep
13/08/2020)
Improving
agriculture extension service, by Pankaj
Parajuli (ht 10/08/2020)
Farmers
fear hunger as floods worsen pandemic woes in
western Nepal (ht 08/08/2020)
Paddy
plantation completed in country (ht
03/08/2020)
Nepal’s
overall imports have gone down but agriculture
import continues to expand, hitting record Rs
250 billion: Experts say import-promoting
policies, high production costs, change in
consumer behaviour and lack of restrictions on
import are to blame as the government fails to
support farmers, by Sangam Prasain (kp
28/07/2020), Go
local: The government must create a support
system for local farmers rather than continue to
import agro products (kp 29/07/2020)
Tea
growers set to reap virus bonanza as prices soar
amid lower production: According to domestic
producers, tea prices in Nepal are expected to
increase by 25 to 30 percent, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 28/07/2020)
Timely
rains and plentiful labour promise a good paddy
harvest: But experts say that a shortage of
chemical fertilisers may play spoilsport, by
Sangam Prasain and Bhusan Yadav (kp25/07/2020)
Police
in Bardiya crack down on farmers importing
fertilisers from India: Farmers, on the other
hand, are troubled further, as many of them had
taken loans to purchase the fertilisers, by
Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 19/07/2020) [This sounds like a
totalitarian regime!]
Has
Nepali agriculture collapsed? Agricultural
growth has remained low and erratic because of
high dependency on monsoon owing to weak
irrigation facility, by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep
18/07/2020)
Grass
is greener in Nepal: Half-a-century after it was
criminalised during the hippie era, activists in
Nepal are trying to get cannabis legalised,
by Sonia Awale (nt 10/07/2020)
Nepali
ginger farmers face plunging prices as virus
hits export trade: Nepal is the world's third
largest producer of the highly prized spice
after China and India, by Pradeep Menyangbo
(kp 08/07/2020)
Food,
Farmers And COVID-19, by Namrata Sharma (kp
08/07/2020)
Lockdown
Results In Huge Loss To Tea Estate (rn
02/07/2020)
Agriculture
post-COVID-19: There is no doubt that COVID-19
will result in mass unemployment in
non-agricultural sectors. This could bring a
vast majority of youths back into agriculture
sector, by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep
02/07/2020)
On
National Paddy Day, Oli champions agriculture
but farmers don’t share his optimism: Beset by
an armyworm invasion, the Covid-19 lockdown, and
a shortage of chemical fertilisers, farmers are
not confident about yields this year, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 30/06/2020)
G9
banana more disease-resistant but less
marketable, farmers say: Most banana farmers in
Chitwan grow the Malbhog variety which is yellow
and sells well, by Ramesh Kumar Poudel (kp
30/06/2020)
After
fall armyworm havoc and Covid-19, locust
invasion is new threat to food security: Massive
invasions like those in Pakistan and African
countries could spell catastrophe for Nepal
where food production is already low, experts
say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal and Sangam
Prasain (kp 28/06/2020), Govt
caught flat-footed as locusts enter country:
Prediction of experts failed because the wind
changed direction with onset of monsoon, by
Arpana Ale Magar (ht 28/06/2020)
Growing
apples in the Tarai? Innovative farmer shows it
can be done: Gurung’s Lumbini Organic Farm and
Research Centre produces 28 kinds of fruits,
by Sanju Poudel (kp 26/06/2020)
Farmers
more worried about finding fertiliser and
workers than the virus: The paddy transplanting
season is underway, and Province 1 has reported
better-than-expected progress, by Deo
Narayan Sah (kp 25/06/2020)
250,000
tonnes of fertiliser distributed (ht
24/06/2020)
Agriculture
stakeholders stress infrastructure development
(ht 22/06/2020)
Nepal
must be smarter in its approach to agriculture:
What could be more bizarre than an agrarian
economy ignoring its rampant soil erosion?,
by Madhukar Upadhya (kp 19/06/2020)
Tea
production likely to drop by 25pc this year
(ht 18/06/2020)
What is missing in budget for
agriculture? Budget of this fiscal year has no
concrete programs to address food deficit, which is
going to be a major challenge for Nepal,
by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep 18/06/2020)
Government
announces 8 percent increase in minimum support
price for paddy crop: This is the first time the
floor price has been announced, coinciding with
the onset of monsoon.(kp 18/06/2020)
Solar
farming can revolutionize Nepal’s farming,
by Sharad Sharma and Tapendra Chand (rep
16/06/2020)
Bardiya
farmers are being forced to buy unnecessary
variant of fertilisers: Farmers are turned away
from shops for refusing to buy two kinds of
fertilisers, by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp
14/06/2020)
Lockdown-hit
tea farmers complain about low prices for green
leaves: The tea factories have fixed the price
at Rs20 to Rs30 per kg for this year, by
Biplav Bhattarai (kp 12/06/2020)
Govt
says 100,000 tons of imported chemical
fertilizers en route to Nepal while rainy season
is at doorstep (rep 11/06/2020) [??]
10
per cent local veggies still not getting market
(ht 10/06/2020)
Neck
blast disease destroys Chitwan's spring paddy
crop: Chaite paddy is grown on about 5,000
hectares in Chitwan, by Ramesh Kumar Poudel
(kp 07/06/2020)
Farmers
in Bardiya brace for a poor paddy plantation
season amid a scarcity of seeds and fertilisers:
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected both
production and supply lines, leading to
shortages of seeds and chemical fertilisers as
plantation season begins, by Janak Raj
Sapkota and Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 06/06/2020)
Five
policies for agriculture: Is the government well
prepared to purchase the entire quantity of the
produce that farmers are unable to sell due to
low prices? Will there be adequate budget and
storage facilities?, by Bhairab Raj Kaini
(rep 06/06/2020)
Nepal
launches domestically developed hybrid maize
variety: Farmers plant corn on 954,000 hectares,
most of them using imported seeds, by Ramesh
Kumar Poudel (kp 05/06/2020)
Agriculture:
Can it provide relief to returnee migrants and
vulnerable populations?, by Kashi Kafle and
Marie-Charlotte Buisson (ht 03/06/2020)
Locust
upsurge can cost high if not curbed in time:
Locust can revisit Nepal after 70 years, by
Sabina Karki (kh 31/05/2020), Taskforce
says less threat of locust infestation in Nepal
(ht 03/06/2020)
Farming
falls on women's shoulders: But their work and
contributions tend to be invisible to
policymakers and academics, by Subarna Malla
Singh (kp 31/05/2020)
Chitwan
farmers finally receive relief money after fake
paddy seeds devastate harvest: Farmers in
Chitwan incurred a loss of Rs 119.48 million in
lost harvest due to fake Garima seeds, by
Ramesh Kumar Poudel (kp 30/05/2020)
Govt
announces farmer-focused programs to promote
agriculture, by Rajesh Khanal (rep
28/05/2020)
How
to capitalize on agriculture? Promise of
generating employment through agriculture
revolution won’t be realized if we continue to
ignore the factors that have been deterring
people from taking up farming, by Prabhakar
Ghimire (rep 28/05/2020)
Paddy
plantation season is here but there isn’t enough
fertiliser: Nepal does not have adequate stocks
of chemical fertiliser, with imports stuck at
Kolkata for the last two months due to the
lockdown, by Sangam Prasain (kp 26/05/2020)
Fall
armyworm wreaks havoc on maize fields in Salyan:
Agri-technicians estimate that maize grown on 30
hectares of land is infested, by Biplav
Maharjan (kp 24/05/2020), Armyworm
severely affects maize production (ht
26/05/2020)
MoALD
preparing to introduce Agriculture Act (ht
24/05/2020)
Budget
needs to focus on agricultural production to
check increasing dependency on food imports
(ht 21/05/2020)
Paddy-whacked:
The agriculture sector needs immediate attention
from the government to make use of the coming
monsoon (kp 19/05/2020)
Policies
and programmes for fiscal 2020-21 focus on
boosting the agriculture sector: Farming to be
made an attractive occupation by increasing
agricultural investment, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 16/05/2020)
Sugarcane
farmers face double whammy (ht 15/05/2020)
Supply
Chains To Benefit Farmers, by Mukti Rijal
(rn 14/05/2020)
Returning
migrant workers can be lured into profitable
commercial agriculture, experts say: But,
opportunities in other sectors should also be
explored based on their skill sets as all
migrant workers won’t be interested in
agriculture, they say, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 12/05/2020)
Small
farmers face difficulties supplying produce to
Kalimati market (ht 12/05/2020)
Mugu
villagers swarm into nearby forests to pick wild
mushrooms: Locals say they earn enough money
from the annual harvest to get them through the
year, by Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp 07/05/2020)
Agricultural
Feminisation In Nepal, by Namrata Sharma (rn
06/05/2020)
Direction
for rent waiver falls on deaf ears (ht
06/05/2020)
Farmers
In Kathmandu Valley Fringe Busy In Farm
Activities Amidst Lockdown (rn 04/05/2020)
Farmers
In Bardiya Hit Hard By Lockdown (rn
03/05/2020)
Lockdown
restrictions loosened as worries about food
shortages rise: Agriculture Inputs Company in
Dhangadhi starts distributing chemical
fertiliser to farmers, by Mohan Budhair (kp
02/05/2020)
Poultry
farmers in distress with trade stopped dead in
its tracks: Without subsidised insurance
premiums and bank loans, the poultry business
could collapse, chicken raisers said, by
Sanju Poudel (kp 01/05/2020)
Post-COVID-19
Economy: Economists Call On Government To
Prioritise Agriculture (rn 30/04/2020)
Govt
Asks Farmers To Continue Agricultural Activities
(rn 30/04/2020) [What
does it mean under lack of transport?]
MoALD
issues safety directive for farmers (ht
29/04/2020)
‘MoALD
must prioritise production and supply’ (ht
28/04/2020)
Vegetable
imports banned to promote local products and
keep virus at bay: Officials are working to
bring fresh produce directly from the farmers'
fields to consumers, by Durga Lal KC (kp
27/04/2020)
Farmers
likely to raise price of eggs after lockdown
(ht 26/04/2020)
A
normal monsoon this year could boost
agricultural output, if only farmers weren’t
under lockdown: A labour shortage due to the
Covid-19 pandemic and a potential shortage of
chemical fertiliser could offset any potential
gains from the monsoon, say economists, by
Sangam Prasain and Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
25/04/2020)
Lockdown
adversely affecting vegetable farmers in
Dhangadhi: While the farmers are compelled to
throw away their vegetables due to lack of
buyers given the lockdown, consumers are
compelled to buy vegetables from middlemen at
exorbitant prices, by Mohan Budhaair.(kp
25/04/2020)
Reducing
Virus Impact On Agriculture, by Dinesh
Chandra Devkota (rn 22/04/2020)
While
produce rots in Nepal’s fields, food imports
continue from India: Vegetables are piling up on
Birgunj farms even as 15 to 20 trucks laden with
vegetables arrive from the south every day,
by Bhusan Yadav and Sangam Prasain (kp 21/04/2020)
Attracting
Nepali Labour Migrants To Agriculture, by
Kushal Pokharel (rn 20/04/2020)
Vegetables
worth millions rotting in farms amid lockdown in
Dhading (ht 20/04/2020)
Tea
farmers miss first flush production due to
extended lockdown: The local government has not
stepped in to help distraught farmers who face
financial ruin, by Parbat Portel (kp
19/04/2020)
MoALD
forms rapid response team (ht 18/04/2020)
Huge
quantity of green tea leaves go to waste in
Jhapa (rep 18/04/2020)
Nowhere
to sell or buy: Transit support from farm to
market would have solved the problem to a great
extent, by Roshee Lamichhane (kp 16/04/2020)
SC
summons authorities over petition over lockdown
stranded (rep 15/04/2020), Dairy
products worth Rs 5b lying unsold due to
lockdown: Sales down by 70%, says NDA (rep)
[It would have been an
outstanding task of the government to apply safe
und intelligent ways to avoid such waste!]
Farmers
in Tarai turn to stubble burning as they cannot
sell straws to India: The ongoing lockdown has
hit the farming sector across the country hard
in the peak springtime harvest season, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 13/04/2020)
Tea
industry falls prey to COVID-19: 'No demand for
organic orthodox tea from int'l buyers', by
Bhim Chapagain (rep 13/04/2020)
Egg
producers faced Rs 600m loss in last two months
(ht 13/04/2020)
Lockdown
results in losses worth Rs 2 billion for dairy
sector: Farmers are left with unsold milk as
shops selling dairy products and grocery stores
have closed, by Krishana Prasain (kp
13/04/2020)
Fall
armyworm destroying corn in Banke and Bardiya:
Farmers are worried to control the pest because
of unavailability of pesticides due to the
lockdown, by Kamal Panthi (kp 12/04/2020))
Farmers
are selling their produce for a pittance even as
customers are paying exorbitant prices: The
lockdown has meant that farmers are unable to
travel to Kathmandu to sell their produce,
relying instead on middlemen who are maximising
profits, by Aditi Aryal (kp 11/04/2020)
Relief
for virus-hit farmers soon (ht 09/04/2020)
Lockdown
leaves some dairy farmers without fodder, by
Upendra Lamichhane (rep 09/04/2020)
Grow
your own: When it comes to staples, Nepal needs
to get back to its roots (kp 09/04/2020), Food
during the coronavirus crisis: Governments are
responding to the health emergency as they
rightly should, but ensuring food supply is
equally vital, by Arun GC (kp 09/04/2020)
Winter
crops lie unharvested in the fields as the
lockdown forces farmers indoors: There are many
who say that farmers should be allowed to work
in the fields, as there is little danger of
contracting Covid-19 while working five or six
feet apart, by Sangam Prasain (kp
06/04/2020) [Is there a
need for other evidence of the government's high
level of incompetence? The people may not get
the virus, but anytime sooner or later they may
die from hunger!], Lockdown
brings the poultry industry to a standstill:
Farmers in Sarlahi buried 9,000 chickens, and
many other farmers were compelled to do the same,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 06/04/2020), Poultry
entrepreneurs warn of chicken scarcity after
lockdown (rep 06/04/2020), Neither
the market for milk, nor the provision of
fodder: Grievances of dairy farmers, by
Sabina Karki (kh 06/04/2020)
Time
to revive agriculture: The government should
take this crisis as an opportunity to revive
agriculture of the country, by Bhairab Raj
Kaini (rep 05/04/2020)
Milk
goes to waste as dairy factories stop buying it
for lack of sales: The cooperative's regular
buyers—Himalayan Dairy, Dairy Development
Corporation of Kathmandu and Fishtail Dairy of
Pokhara—have not been picking up milk for the
past week, by Narayan Sharma (kp 04/04/2020)
Farmers
forced to destroy produce due to lack of market
(ht 04/04/2020)
First
flush of green tea goes to waste due to lockdown,
by Bhim Chapagain (rep 02/04/2020)
Poultry
entrepreneurs facing daily loss of Rs 220
million due to lockdown, by Madhusudhan
Guragain (rep 01/04/2020)
Jhapa’s
tea plantation farmers face the brunt of
lockdown: Mechinagar municipality has asked the
tea estate administration to provide food
supplies to the workers; the tea estate itself
hasn’t said anything about it yet, by Parbat
Portel (kp 01/04/2020)
Farmers
face nationwide lockdown heat (ht
28/03/2020), Vegetables
become scarce and costly as transporters stay
away due to virus fears: Prices have increased
by up to 200 percent, according to the Kalimati
Fruits and Vegetables Market Development Board,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 28/03/2020)
Strawberry
fields in Tarai producing good harvests: The
Golyan Group started commercial strawberry
farming on 25 bighas in Bhagudubba, by Arjun
Rajbanshi (kp 27/03/2020)
Farmers
leave fields fallow after not getting subsidised
fertiliser: The Agriculture Knowledge Centre
could not purchase farm inputs for lack of
working procedure, officials said, by
Shankar Acharya (kp 23/03/2020)
Khaniyabas
locals attracted toward commercial vegetable
farming, by Sarita Shrestha (rep
22/03/2020)
An
army of worms: As the temperature warms up, the
invasive fall armyworm could make a comeback,
by Bandana Pradhan (kp 22/03/2020)
Bamboo
becomes source of income for locals of Tikapur,
by Yogesh Rawal (rep 21/03/2020)
Farmers
in Gorkha face difficulties to irrigate their
fields as Daraudi river deepens: Many farmers of
Gorkha Municipality especially those in Ward No.
5 are facing difficulties to irrigate their
fields as the water level of the Daraudi river
has decreased over the years, by Hariram
Upreti (kp 21/03/2020)
Electronic
system to keep tabs on fertilizer stocks at
depots (rep 19/03/2020)
Heavy
rains, frost damage coffee plants, by
Janardhan Ghimire (rep 18/03/2020)
Low
big cardamom prices worry farmers, by
Giriraj Baskota (rep 17/03/2020)
Seti
Technical School helping farmers increase
agricultural products and identify livestock
diseases: Seti Technical School has also been
launching various campaigns to support the local
community. A few months ago, teachers and
students of the school conducted vasectomy and
tubal ligation operation on stray dogs, by
Mohan Shahi (kp 17/03/2020)
Shifting
paradigm in farming, by Bhairab Raj Kaini
(rep 16/03/2020)
Use
of chemical pesticide declines in Kavre, by
Madhusudhan Guragain (rep 15/03/2020)
Agricultural
subsidies: Why they need improving, by
Santosh Pathak (ht 11/03/2020)
Sugarcane
farmers postpone second phase of protest over
coronavirus fears: The growers said they had
lost faith in both the factories and the
government for not honouring the deal reached
between the three parties, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 10/03/2020)
A
local unit in Parbat decides to provide subsidy
in livestock farming to check the migration and
enhance production: The provincial government of
Gandaki has put Bihadi on its list of proposed
agricultural and industrial villages, by
Agandghar Tiwari (kp 09/03/2020)
The
start of a sustainable urban food system: Green
Growth links producers to the consumers
directly, by using new media technology, by
Himendra Mohan Kumar (kp 09/03/2020)
Fruits
drop but our hopes don’t: Researchers and
farmers should join forces to find ways to
protect Nepal's citrus crop from pests, by
Milan Chauhan (kp 06/03/2020)
After
delayed opening, Shreeram Sugar Mill closes
again after two weeks: The factory owes Rs 250
million to sugarcane farmers in outstanding
payments for their crops, by Shiva Puri (kp
05/03/2020)
Bill
seeking legalisation of cultivation and
consumption of medical marijuana registered in
Parliament: The bill, registered privately by a
ruling party lawmaker, seeks to reverse a
50-year
proscription on the cultivation, consumption and
sale of marijuana, by Binod Ghimire (kp
03/03/2020)
Jhapa
farmers are growing tobacco, a crop more
profitable than paddy: Tobacco is being sold at
Rs 3,000 per 40kg with a kattha of land being
good enough to produce 80kg of tobacco, by
Arjun Rajbanshi (kp 01/03/2020)
Bagmati
to issue Rs 150 million grant for fishery
development: The province will be
self-sufficient in fish production in two years,
officials say, by Pratap Bista (kp
28/02/2020)
In
Salyan, agriculture grants fail to reach
farmers: While the budget allocated to them is
being misused, most farmers in the district
remain unaware of the grants meant for them,
by Biplav Maharjan (kp 27/02/2020)
Citrus
industry generates more than Rs 770 million in
economic activity: The orange harvest in Gulmi
and Arghakhanchi was worth Rs550.5 million while
Myagdi produced oranges valued at Rs220.1
million, by Birendra KC and Ghanashyam
Khadka (kp 27/02/220)
Grow
your own plants: Importing fruit plants for
commercial production should not be encouraged
because our quarantine and monitoring systems
are weak, by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep
25/02/2020)
Farmers
hit hard after maize crop fails in Bara (ht
22/02/2020)
What
onions and garlic tell us about our food system:
Numerous examples seen in the recent past serve
as an alarming reminder of just how food
insecure we are, by Madhukar Upadhya (kp
21/02/2020)
Why
agricultural subsidies have failed to benefit
needy farmers: Farmers are in need of various
forms of support but people outside the target
group are profiting due to the irregularities in
the distribution of grants and subsidies, by
Dipesh Khatiwada (kp 20/02/2020)
Poultry
farmers picket the office of the Department of
Commerce: Poultry raisers demand action against
hatcheries and feed factories for hiking prices,
Krishana Prasain (kp 19/02/2020), Hatcheries
hike price, poultry farmers cry foul, by
Arpana Ale Magar (ht 19/02/2020)
Infrastructure
development discourages agriculture production
in Doti: Those families who were self-reliant
are now completely dependent on the market for
their daily supplies, by Mohan Shahi (kp
18/02/2020)
Government
may lift restriction on milk powder import
(ht 16/02/2020)
Dhading
women attracted to mushroom farming, by
Sarita Shrestha (rep 16/02/2020)
Apple
production area in Jumla continues to expand,
by Dhan Bahadur Budha (rep 16/02/2020)
Valley’s
pig keepers are not just making a living. They
are also contributing to organic waste
management: Pig farmers are collecting leftover
foods from hotels, restaurants and boarding
houses to feed their animals, by Anup Ojha
(kp 15/02/2020)
Building
an information bridge for Nepal’s farmers: Rajan
Bajracharya quit a secure job to help farmers
with relevant data through a mobile-based app,
by Naresh Newar (nt 14/02/2020)
Myagdi
goat farmer earning Rs 2 million annually
(rep 12/02/2020)
Absence
of agriculture technician in local units hits
Makwanpur’s agriculture sector: Farmers in the
district choose to cultivate cannabis and opium
because they don’t know what type of food crops
to grow in their fields, say farmers, by
Pratap Bista (kp 11/02/2020)
Government
forms yet another panel to study paddy crop
failure (rep 11/02/2020)
MoALD
to promote organic farming (ht 09/02/2020)
Benefits
of soilless farming: The challenges facing
soil-based agriculture led to the invention of
soilless agriculture. Soilless cultivation has
become possible through the use of hi-tech,
by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep 09(02/2020)
Compensation
for failed Garima paddy eludes farmers (ht
06/02/2020)
Sugarcane
farmers plan all-out protest to get their money:
They will converge on the capital with their
cooking utensils and mattresses on March 17, the
struggle committee said, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 03/02/2020)
High
cost of accreditation discourages organic
farmers, by Muna Sunuwar (rep 01/02/2020)
Sugar
mills ignore floor price set by government,
by Pushpa Raj Joshi (rep 01/02/2020)
Farmers
let down by sugar mills to return to protests
(rep 30/01/2020)
Nepali
tea manufacturers hold their stocks as prices
crash: The price of CTC tea has plunged by 50
percent to IRs 65 per kg over the year, by
Arjun Rajbanshi (kp 29/01/2020)
Peeved
over payment dues, disgruntled sugarcane farmers
begin a second phase of their agitation: The
sugar mills were supposed to clear all their
dues by January 21, but to date, they still owe
more than Rs800 million to the farmers, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 27/01/2020)
Organic
farm fest to begin on Friday (ht 27/01/2020)
Chicken
for the meat and chicken for the soul: Himalayan
Free Range, a local start-up develops “Jurelli”,
a disease-resistant chicken breed that grows 40
percent faster, by Himendra Mohan Kumar (kp
27/01/2020)
Agriculture
Knowledge Centre in Baitadi faces human resource
crunch: Darchula locals also have to travel to
Baitadi to seek government services, by
Manoj Badu (kp 26/01/2020)
Exodus
of youths leaves arable land uncultivated
(ht 26/01/2020)
Cane
farmers begin second phase of protest (ht
25/01/2020), Sugarcane
farmers divided over recovering due payment
(ht 26/01/2020)
Let
us grow yams: Though yam has several nutritional
benefits, this crop has remained neglected and
underutilized in Nepal, by Bhairab Raj Kaini
(rep 23/01/2020)
Today
is the last day for sugar mills to clear overdue
payments to farmers: But there is little chance
that the sugarcane growers will get their money,
officials said, by Krishana Prasain (kp
21/01/2020), Deadline
arrives but sugar mills still owe farmers Rs800
million: Farmers have been duped by sugar mill
owners in the past but this time they were
betrayed by the government too, they say, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 22/01/2020), Govt
fails to fulfil its promise to sugarcane farmers
(ht 22/01/2020), Sugar
producers deceive farmers yet again: Pay farmers
only Rs 160 million despite making promises to
clear over Rs 1 billion in dues by Tuesday
(rep 22/01/2020), Government to freeze financial
transactions of sugar mills for failing to pay
farmers: Despite a government sanctioned
agreement to clear all dues by January 21,
farmers are still owed Rs 800 million by sugar
mills, by Krishana Prasain (kp 23/01/2020),
Bank
accounts of three sugar mills to be partially
frozen: No action against industries that are in
contact with farmers, by Arpana Ale
Magar (ht 23/01/2020)
Nepali
farmers adopt new practices, but only for a
short time: Farmers go back to their old ways
once the development project and experts leave,
by Karan Kunwar (kp 19/01/2020)
Modern
technology helps Marchwar farmers earn more,
by Mohammad Habib (rep 19/01/2020)
A
buffalo farmer in Bhaisepati, by Upendra
Lamichhane (rep 18/01/2020)
Potato
farmers to incur losses of Rs 1 billion due to
winter rains ,by Kamal Khatri (rep
18/0/2020)
Eroded
farms: impediment for growth: Soil conservation
should be a top priority for an agricultural
country like ours but our priorities are
misplaced, by Madhukar Upadhya (kp
17/01/2020)
Farmers
advised to move court in Garima paddy crop
failure case (ht 17/01/2020)
Ten
days since agreement, sugarcane farmers have
little hope of getting paid: Farmers should have
received half their dues by now but sugar mills
still owe them Rs 800 million of the more than
Rs1 billion, by Krishana Prasain (kp
15/01/2020)
Indigenous
crops facing extinction in the hills of
Sudurpaschim: Local farmers are no longer
interested in growing indigenous crops, by
Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 15/01/2020)
Apple
production up in Manang district (ht
15/01/2020)
Multibillion-rupee
strategy to revamp agriculture is disowned,
directionless, by Shree Ram Subedi (rep
14/01/2020)
Yak
cheese and butter production on the rise in
Rasuwa: Local farmers sold yak cheese worth Rs
69.62 million and Rs 12.4 million worth of yak
butter in 2019, by Balaram Ghimire (kp
13/01/2020)
Remote
Dolakha village starts farming of kiwi fruits,
by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 13/01/2020)
Dairy
Cooperatives in Chitwan venture into fodder
production: The factory can produce one tonne of
fodder per hour, by Ramesh Kumar Poudel (kp
12/01/2020)
Soil
and fertiliser testing laboratory established in
Makwanpurgadhi Rural Municipality: At the
laboratory, the farmers can get soil tested for
nutrient deficiencies and ascertain fertiliser
requirements, by Pratap Bista (kp
11/01/2020)
Commercial
banana farming more profitable than vegetables,
by Mohammad Habib (rep 07/01/2020)
Plight
of sugarcane farmers shows the priority
government accords to them: Although the
government has now pledged to make sugar mills
pay farmers their dues, analysts are sceptical
whether the agreement will be followed through,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 06/01/2020), The
sugarcane episode is part of a much bigger
trend—the decline of democracy: Policies,
disguised as legitimate efforts to serve the
public interest, are designed to serve financial
interests, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (kp
06/01/2020)
A
women-run cooperative is turning a Lamjung
village into a ‘model agriculture village’: The
cooperative, which focuses on organic vegetable
farming and animal husbandry, has 11 women in
its management committee, by Aash Gurung (kp
05/01/2020)
How
we failed on onion: Nepal has suitable climate
and other resources required to produce onion.
Nepal can even export onion. Why are we not able
to do that?, by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep
05/01/2020)
Call
to invest in high-value crops for export
benefits (rep 05/01/2020)
Broiler
parent stocks worth Rs 540 million imported in
five months, by Madhusudhan Guragain (rep
05/01/2020)
Nepali
farmers gather bumper paddy harvest of 5.55
million tonnes: Experts say the government might
have manipulated the data to show it is on track
to achieve its ambitious 8.5 percent growth
target, by Sangam Prasain (kp 04/01/2020) [??]
‘If
I lose my land, I will hang myself’: Owed more
than Rs1 billion by sugar mills, sugarcane
farmers are afraid their creditors will begin
seizing their land, by Krishana Prasain (kp
01/01/2020),
Arrest
absconding mill operator: Govt (ht
01/01/2020), Stop
the sugar scam: For years, the sugar cartel has
been duping everyone–from the poor farmers to
the country’s prime minister (kp
02/01/2020), Govt
to make mill owners pay farmers’ dues (ht
02/01/2020), Clear
the dues: Instead of lifting the farmers out of
poverty, the unscrupulous ways of doing business
only pushes them deeper into debt and
destitution (ht 03/01/2020), Sugarcane
farmers end protest as government promises
payments: Farmers and Industry Ministry reach a
deal on setting up a task force to study an
automated pricing system for sugarcane, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 04/01/2020), Solidarity
with sugarcane farmers (rep 05/01/2020)
Government
to promote commercial herb farming (ht
01/01/2020)
House
panel tells government to make sugar mills pay
farmers their money: Protesting cane growers
from Sarlahi say they have not been paid for
five years, by Krishana Prasain (kp
31/12/2019), Sugarcane
farmers high and dry as mills delay payment
since years, by Rajesh Khanal (rep
31/12/2019)
Dismal
outcome: Prime Minister Agriculture
Modernization Project (rep 31/12/2019)
Bank
on maize: In the decentralized governance
structure, each local government can have its
agricultural policies based on local needs to
make agriculture prosperous and rural lives
comfortable, by Dinesh Panday (rep
30/12/2019)
Sugarcane
farmers march to Kathmandu as their dues keep on
piling: There are around 15,000 farmers engaged
in commercial sugarcane farming in Sarlahi alone,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 30/12/2019)
Paddy
output falls to lowest in 3 yrs: Likely to
affect overall agro output, economic growth,
by Sujan Dhungana (ht 30/12/2019)
Back
to the roots: Output-based incentives in farming
could make Nepal a food sufficient country,
by Uttam Khanal (kp 30/12/2019)
Apple
farming in Karnali paving way for prosperity,
by DB Budha (rep 30/12/2019)
Fall
armyworm ravages cornfields at an alarming rate
in central plains: The nonnative insect was
spotted for the first time in May in Gaidakot of
Nawalparasi, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
29/12/2019)
Livestock
service business to be made systematic (ht
29/12/2019)
Lack
of organic certification hits Nepal's tea
exports: Shipments were down 24 percent
year-on-year to Rs1.16 billion in the first four
months, by Krishana Prasain (kp 28/12/2019)
‘Limited
impact of faulty Garima seeds’ (ht
28/12/2019)
Police
destroy 20,000 marijuana plants in Parsa: The
District Police Office has been formulating a
phase-wise programme to give continuity to the
campaign, by Shankar Acharya (kp 28/12/2019)
[Nepal could make big
profits on the medical world market with
controlled cultivation!]
Sugar
mill yet to resume operation (ht 27/12/2019)
Govt
keeps floor price of sugarcane unchanged at Rs
536.36 per quintal (rep 27/12/2019)
Future
of maize: Introduce hybrid varieties, by
Dinesh Panday (ht 26/12/2019)
Pro-agricultural
programme fails to yield desired return: The
ministry has allocated Rs5 million this year to
continue last year’s projects, by Hari
Gautam (kp 24/12/2019)
Coffee
sector performing below potential due to archaic
ways: Government incentives to farmers can help
boost output, experts say, by Himendra Mohan
Kumar (kp 23/12/2019)
Buoyed
by prospects, West Rukum locals embrace nettle:
The natural fibre is being traded at a price of
Rs 125 per kilogram, by Hari Gautam (kp
22/12/2019)
Bringing
youth in agriculture: The general misconception
in Nepal is that education is not important in
farming. Unless such misinformation is
corrected, food production will not be boosted
up, by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep 22/12/2019)
DoLS
calls livestock farmers for talks (ht
21/12/2019)
Develop
Agriculture by Retaining Youths, by Balaram
Chaulagain (rn 20/12/2019)
Improved
variety of wheat seeds remain unsold in Surkhet,
by Ganesh Bishu (rep 18/12/2019)
A
rundown of tea and its types by a professional
tea taster: Teas other than CTC are slowly but
surely gaining popularity, but here’s what you
need to know before you experiment, by
Sumeru Sambahangphe (kp 13/12/2019)
Bringing
new technology to Nepali farmers: Improved
agriculture knowledge centres can spearhead
commercial farming in the country, by Umed
Pun (kp 13/12/2019)
Paddy
output in Province 2 down 17 percent: Experts
cite delayed monsoon, fertiliser shortage and
pest attacks for the fall, by Ajit Tiwari.
(kp 12/12/2019)
Yak
rearing in peril in Ramechhap district (ht
11/12/2019)
Paddy
farmers say buyers don't pay the minimum support
price: The market determines the prices based on
demand and supply, said a trader, by Binod
Bhandari (kp 10/12/2019)
Govt
prepares to reduce subsidy for farmers under PM
Agri Modernisation Project (ht 10/12/2019)
Why
Rs 155 million ‘Mission Onion’ failed, by
Shree Ram Subedi (rep 10/12/2019)
Government
launches focused program for certain farm
products (rep 08/12/2019)
There
is no loss in agriculture, says a Banke farmer,
by Kamal Khatri (rep 08/12/2019)
Dried
apples, a profitable product for Jumla farmers,
by Dhan Bahadur Budha (rep 08/12/2019)
Decentralising
governance to improve the economy: Mustang
apples are a brand of its own. But producing
them on a commercial scale mandates an
autonomous local government, byJagannath
Adhikari (kp 06/12/2019)
Voices
from the kitchen: The onion episode tells us
that we should grow our own vegetables, as we
used to, by Anustha Shrestha (kp 06/12/2019)
Farmers
expect orange biz boom this season: The eastern
hilly region is seeing a 30 percent increase in
production of the sweet fruit, by Pradeep
Menyangbo (kp 05/12/2019)
Fall
Armyworm ruin hundreds of bighas of corn fields
across Sarlahi: Individual pest control efforts
failing for lack of intervention from the state;
farmers worry this will affect district’s
overall crop output, by Om Prakash Thakur
(kp 03/12/2019)
‘Cheaper
chicken imports affecting poultry farmers’
(rep 03/2/2019)
Sugarcane
famers to get subsidy, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 01/12/2019)
Guranse
farmers earn good income growing kiwi:
Commercial agriculture has allowed farmers in
the conflict-hit village to rebuild their lives,
by Biplav Maharjan (kp 27/11/2019)
Marketplace
mismanagement hits farmers in Janakpur: The
market has been in disarray since the
dissolution of the market management committee,
by Shyam Sundar Shahi (kp 26/11/2019)
Sweet
orange farmers happy after getting rid of pests:
The Chinese citrus fly began invading farms in
Sindhuli four years ago, by Raj Kumar Karki
(kp 26/11/2019)
Sugarcane
farmers deprived of payment, subsidy, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 25/11/2019)
Buoyed
by good returns, farmers pick garlic over wheat:
The farmers who used to plant garlic over small
areas have now started expanding their farms
after receiving around 22 quintals of seeds at
subsidised rates, by Hari Gautam (kp
24/11/2019)
FMTC
planning to purchase 35,000 quintals of paddy,
by Arjun Oli (rep 24/11/2019)
Coffee
farmers call for policy to boost output amid
rising demandNepal produced 530 tonnes of coffee
in the last fiscal year, according to the
National Tea and Coffee Development Board,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 19/11/2019), Palpa
coffee farmers demand government support for
boosting growth, by Mukti Neupane (rep
19/11/2019)
NTCDB
sets coffee support price (ht 18/11/2019)
Coffee
worth Rs 98 million imported in last fiscal
(rep 18/11/2019)
Solukhumbu
farmers turn to Akbare chili farming (rep
18/11/2019)
Agriculture
grant misused in Province 5, by Binod
Pariyar (rep 17/11/2019)
Japan
to implement phosphorus-efficient paddy in
Nepal: The two countries have signed a pact on
research collaboration in the farm sector,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 14/11/2019)
Ram
Singh, guardian of Jumla apples, by Dhan
Bahadur Budha (rep 14/11/2019)
Adding
spice to life: Two recent studies on large
cardamom farming in Nepal and Sikkim offer new
knowledge, by Mahendra P. Lama (kp
13/11/209)
Can
Nepal export citrus fruits?, by Bhairab Raj
Kaini (rep 11/11/2019)
Sugarcane
farmers still await payments, government subsidy
(rep 10/11/2019)
Govt
starting Rs 500m 'Youth in Agriculture' program
from December (rep 10/11/2019)
Mushroom
farming, boon for Dadeldhura youth, by
Pushkar Bhandari (rep 10/11/2019)
Paddy
farmers complain they are not getting the
minimum price: The government has fixed the
lowest price that can be charged for Mota Dhan
at Rs25.32 per kg, by Nirmala Khadayat (kp
09/11/2019)
‘Agriculture
for Youth’ project to start soon (ht
09/11/2019)
Tarai
farmers face crop failure due to fake paddy
seeds: The Garima variety of seeds sold to
farmers in Kailali and Kanchanpur produced only
empty grains, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp
08/11/2019)
Should
Nepal still continue to ban cannabis? The
country needs to understand the history of its
trade and consumption, and how the larger public
feels about the issue, by Raju Adhikari (kp
08/11/2019)
Producer
and supplier to be held accountable: Following
faulty seed supply, government certain to miss
paddy production target this year, by Sujan
Dhungana (ht 06/11/2019)
Dailekh
farmers forced to queue for days to get
compensation: The farmers had to stay up to five
days in a queue to receive the amount from the
bank, by Jyoti Katuwal (kp 05/11/2019)
Officials
say paddy output may shrink and stall economic
growth: Farmers were hit by a delayed monsoon,
fertiliser shortage, supply of fake seeds and
armyworm invasion, by Sangam Prasain (kp
04/11/2019)
To
reduce the trade deficit, Nepal has to rely on
agriculture: In the short term, the hydropower
and agricultural sectors offer Nepal’s best hope,
by Jagadish Prasad Bist (kp 03/11/2019)
Unknown
disease ravaging banana plantations in eastern
Nepal: Farmers are planning to send samples to
Indian laboratories to identify the disease,
by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp 03/11/2019)
Govt
forms panel to compensate farmers for low paddy
yields (rep 01/11/2019), MoALD
to provide compensation to victim farmers
(ht 02/11/2019)
Floriculture
attracts youths in Tanahun, by Binod
Dhungana (rep 31/10/2019)
Agriculture
Knowledge Centre starts legal action against the
dealer who sold fake paddy to farmers in
Chitwan: In total, fake Garima brand paddy was
planted in 906 bighas of land in Chitwan, by
Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 26/10/2019)
Cabinet
announces minimum support price of paddy: The
minimum support price of common paddy has been
hiked to Rs26.73 per kg and ‘mota dhan’ at
Rs25.32 per kg, by Sangam Prasain (kp
25/10/2019)
Armyworm
destroys paddy in Banke (ht 24/10/2019)
Farmers
await compensation as Garima paddy bears no rice
(ht 23/09/2019)
Farmers
compelled to sell paddy at lower rate (ht
22/10/2019)
Cattle
pregnancy cost may get cheaper with local kit:
Cattle ‘Rapid Pregnancy Detection Kit’ may hit
the market in six months time, by Anshul
Krishan (kp 21/10/2019)
After
maize, armyworm destroys paddy and millet
(rep 21/10/2019), American
armyworm wreaks havoc in Province 1 (ht
22/10/2019)
Farmers
still awaiting Rs 8.5m government grant, by
Mithilesh Yadav (rep 21/10/2019)
Milk
farmers better off due to better marketing,
supply to Kailali, by Puskar Bhandari (rep
19/10/2019)
Farmers
to get pension: Khanal (ht 18/10/2019)
Achieving
zero hunger: Nepal requires strategies in place
to fix the potholes, and support enhancing
production-based food systems, by Madhukar
Upadhya (kp 18/10/2019)
Sera
Jyula area in Bajura eroded by Budhi Ganga
River: At least 2,000 ropanis of arable land in
Sera Jyula have been swept away by the river,
according to the Agriculture Knowledge Centre,
by Arjun Shah (kp 18/10/2019)
Agriculture
Ministry proposes to hike paddy floor price by 7
percent this year: The ministry has recommended
a minimum support price of Rs26 per kg for
common paddy, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
18/10/2019)
Fall
armyworm outbreak worries Dharan farmers (ht
17/10/2019)
Nepal
becoming self-reliant in flowers (kp
15/10/2019)
Door-to-door
milk delivery does the magic for Tanahun farmer,
by Binod Dhungana (rep 15/10/2019)
Hybrid
rice promises to change the face of paddy
cultivation in Nepal: Yields per hectare may see
a three-fold increase and could lower Basmati
rice imports, by Sangam Prasain (kp
14/10/2019)
Sustainable
agriculture: Thinking beyond subsidies, by
Sramika Rijal (ht 14/10/2019)
Farmers
in Chitwan anxious as their fields remain
barren: A hybrid variety of paddy named Garima
failed to produce any grains, farmers say,
by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 14/10/2019)
Italian
apple gives new hope for Jumla farmers,by Dhan
Bahadur Budha (rep 13/10/2019)
Insurance
coverage of farm sectors surge 58 percent: The
government currently offers subsidy equivalent
to 75 percent of the premium amount, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 11/10/2019)
Pokhara
Metropolis runs Farmer’s Market to cut out
middlemen: Farmers complained that they are
forced to sell their produce at lower—and often
unremunerative—rates to middlemen, by Deepak
Pariyar (kp 06/10/2019)
Modern
machine eases work for yak farmers, by
Sarita Shrestha (rep 05/10/2019)
Agricultural
subsidies: Are they effective?, by Kiran
Timilsina (ht 18/09/2019)
Local
apples not selling in Panchthar (ht
17/09/2019)
Middlemen
eat into profit of Jumla apple farmers, by
Ganesh Bishu (rep 17/09/2019)
Coffee
production below par, despite high market
potential, by Muki Prasad Neupane (rep
17/09/2019)
Mugu
farmers face difficulties to sell apples this
year due to bad road conditions: Regular
landslides and mudslides mean vehicles rarely
use the only road that connects the district
with the rest of the country, by Raj Bahadur
Shahi (kp 16/09/2019)
Preparations
for agriculture census begin, by Ashok Sujan
Shrestha (rep 14/09/2019)
Armyworms
destroy seasonal crops (ht 13/09/2019)
Monsoon
irony: Instead of agriculture, the government’s
priority lies somewhere else – on
multi-billion-rupee mega infrastructure projects
(ht 11/09/2019
Nepal’s
growing reliance on imported hybrid seeds risks
devastating consequences: A majority of seeds
used by farmers across Nepal for both grains and
vegetables come from outside the country, and
scientists say that’s not good news, by
Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp 07/09/2019)
Farmers
hit as feed prices jump but egg prices remain
unchanged: Egg producers claim they are being
shortchanged by distributors, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 05/09/2019)
Ilam
farmers hopeful of better kiwi fruit harvest,
by Bhim Chapagain (rep 05/09/2019)
Resource
crunch mars Mountain Agricultural Research
Institute, by Dhan Bahadur Budha (rep
04/09/2019)
Lack
of rain hits Tanahun farmers hard (ht
03/09/2019)
Eastern
hills yet to see large-scale potato farming,
by Gururaj Baskota (rep 03/09/2019)
Paddy
transplantation falls due to delayed monsoon:
‘Production might fall by 25,000-30,000 tons’,
by Muna Sunuwar (rep 02/09/2019)
Yak
farmers suffer as their livestock remain
uninsured, by Sarita Shrestha (rep
01/09/2019)
Cultivable
land declines in Chilime watershed area, by
Himnath Devkota (rep 01/09/2019)
Herders
elated by solar panels to light yak sheds,
by Dhruba Dangal (rep 29/08/2019)
Fall
armyworm destroys maize (ht 28/08/2019)
Governing
agriculture: We need to make agriculture
governance system effective through the backup
of strong organizational set-up and human
resources, by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep
28/08/2019)
Host
plant resistance: Way to avoid agrochemicals,
by Yubak Dhoj GC (ht 16/08/2019)
Buoyed
by apple sales, farmers in Mugu turn croplands
into orchards: With the expansion of rural
transportation, traders have been hauling apples
from the district to sell the fruit in cities
such as Nepalgunj, Surkhet and Kathmandu, by
Raj Bahadur Shahi (rep 25/08/2019)
Police
destroy 1,300 cannabis plants (rep
24/08/2019) [Other
countires, including the USA, make big profits
by growing such plants!]
No
family in Chitwan settlement has enough grains
to last all year round: Out of 574 households,
only 260 can produce food grains which last only
for three months, by Rajesh Kumar Paudel (kp
23/08/2019)
Farmers
in Tirahut, Saptari worry after paddy fields
dried up: Boring machines purchased at Rs 13
million lies unused, by Abadhesh Kumar Jha
(kp 23/08/2019)
Fall
Armyworm destroying harvest in Ramechhap:
Villagers urge local unit to adopt immediate
pest control measures, by Tika Prasad Bhatta
(kp 21/08/2019)
More
than 94 percent of the paddy acreage planted:
Analysts said the country could still see a
significant drop in production, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 20/08/2019)
Beekeeping
programme in Chitwan announces survey on
availability of bee pasturages: In Chitwan,
areas like Tori, Bayar, Padke, Rudilo, and
Tikauli, with their abundance of fields, are
popular floral havens for bees, by Pramita
Dhakal (kp 19/08/2019)
Bad
roads and middlemen sapping farmers’ income in
Parbat: Despite having chemical-free yields,
farmers are compelled to sell their products to
traders at a cheaper rate due to the dismal
condition of rural roads, by Agandhar Tiwari
(kp 18/08/2019)
Govt
to provide 50 pc investment to agri businesses
run by youths (ht 18/08/2019), Govt
brings Rs 500 million subsidy program to attract
youths to farming, by Diulip Paudel (rep
18/08/2019)
Farmers
receive Rs 875m grant from DoA (ht
17/08/2019)
Land
tillers face difficulties in the absence of land
certificates: The tillers have been deprived of
the government’s housing grant and loans to
rebuild their homes, by Rajendra Manandhar
(kp 16/08/2019)
Sweet
surrender: The government cannot allow
sugar mills to mislead it again (kp
15/08/2019)
Dairy
farmers price gouged by cooperatives: Middlemen
are taking the lion's share of the profit,
by Amrita Anmol (kp 15/08/2019), Agriculture
ministry forms task force to fix milk price
(ht 15/08/2019)
‘Agriculture
sector has failed to attract youth’ (ht
13/08/2019)
Lalitpur
city unveils Nepal’s first seed vending machine:
The state-of-the art technology provides 36
varieties of seeds of vegetables and flowers,
by Anup Ojha (kp 12/08/2019)
‘One
House One Kitchen Garden’ programme a success in
Chhatreshwori: The local authority urges people
not to go to those houses as guests that do not
have a kitchen garden, by Biplab Maharjan
(kp 11/08/2019)
Restructuring
agriculture project. While restructuring Prime
Minister Agriculture Modernization Project, due
consideration should be given in selecting
appropriate organization for its implementation,
by Bhairab Raj Kaini (kp 08/08/2019)
Arable
land is shrinking, and so is paddy cultivation:
New data shows this year will see the lowest
paddy cultivation in the last two-and-a-half
decades, by Sangam Prasain (kp 05/08/2019)
Agriculture
and poverty: So long as we fail to retain
agricultural workers the much-hyped agenda of
poverty alleviation through massive agricultural
production will remain a far cry, by Balaram
Chaulagain (rep 04/08/2019)
How
climate change is altering apple farming across
Mustang: Hotter temperatures and erratic
rainfall are wreaking havoc on—and redrawing the
agricultural map in—Nepal’s apple capital,
by Chase Brush (kp 03/08/2019)
Perennial
fertilizer shortage hits farmers hard, by
Binod Subedi (rep 01/08/2019)
Paddy
transplantation 80% complete, by Muna
Sunuwar (rep 01/08/2019)
Pest
management: Alternatives to chemicals, by
Yubak Dhoj GC (ht 31/07/2019)
Alarm
bells are ringing as agro imports bill reaches
Rs220 billion: Agro experts say Nepal started
importing cereals eight years ago, which has now
reached a staggering figure of Rs51.80 billion,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 29/07/2019), Dependency
on India for vegetables continues amid
insufficient local production, by Arjun Oli
(rep 30/07/2019)
Damages
to agro, livestock in Province 2 at Rs 3.59bn
till date (ht 28/07/2019)
Rapid
encroachment in Chure takes a toll on farmers:
Locals say the authorities have not taken any
measures to control deforestation, by Raj
Kumar Karki (kp 25/07/2019)
Paddy
plantation completed on 64 per cent of arable
land so far (ht 25/07/2019)
Digitalizing
farming: Digitalizing farming process by
providing farmers access to the internet can
help solve most of the problems facing Nepali
farmers, including improving competitiveness in
farming, by Ajaya Kusum Adhikari (rep
25/07/201)
Tea
farming starts in Dhading, by Sarita
Shrestha (rep 25/07/2019)
Rediscovering
hidden treasures of neglected crops: While they
sound like a breed that can be obtained through
say, genetically modified crops, these future
smart foods are actually our traditional crops,
by Arun GC (kp 23/07/2019)
Farm
equipment worth Rs 46.8 million distributed:
Agriculture Knowledge Center, Kavre, provided
subsidy of 20-80% to farmers of Kavre,
Sindhupalchowk, by Madhusudhan Guragain (rep
23/07/2019)
Getting
rid of harmful chemical pesticides: The Nepal
government has been reducing the use of chemical
pesticides with various programmes, by Yubak
Dhoj GC (kp 22/07/2019)
Cardamom
farmers say not getting reasonable price:
Current price ranges from Rs 28,000 to Rs
30,000 per 40 kg (ht 22/07/2019)
Farmers
receive subsidised power tillers in Dhangadi
(ht 19/07/2019)
Late
monsoon, followed by heavy rains, leads to poor
paddy transplantation: Farmers have finished
planting paddy on only 40.46 percent of the
country’s paddy acreage so far, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 18/07/2019), Paddy
plantation completed across 40pc of arable land
so far (ht 18/07/2019)
On
plantation campaign: Fruit tree plantation is
good and necessary initiative for Nepal but we
cannot achieve it within a single year. We at
least need three years, by Bhairab Raj Kaini
(rep 18/07/2019)
Farmers
start transplanting paddy despite lack of
chemical fertiliser: The Agriculture Ministry
said there could be a shortage of around 20,000
tonnes of diammonium phosphate, by Sangam
Prasain and Deo Narayan Sah (kp 17/07/2019)
40
per cent fisheries destroyed in Bara district
(ht 17/07/2019)
Report
on organic farming promotion gathering dust,
by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 17/07/2019)
MoALD
hopeful on meeting paddy production goal: Floods
damage agro products worth Rs 815m in Province
1; Data from rest of the provinces yet to be
collected, by Arpana Ale Magar (ht
16/07/2019)
‘Kisan
Call Center’ does not get calls from farmers,
by Sabita Shrestha (rep 16/07/2019)
Farmers
urge government to continue chemical testing on
imported produce, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
14/07/2019)
Next
bottle of red? Maybe from Dhading.Though most
Nepali wines are sweet and fruity, producers are
moving towards bold and robust flavours, hoping
for a boom, by Thomas Heaton and Krishana
Prasain (kp 13/07/2019)
Killing
us softly: Pesticides and other chemicals used
during the production of vegetables and fruits
often do more harm than good, by Kribina
Pathak (kp 12/07/2019)
Keeping
45 years of culture alive: The Pradhananga
brothers in Bhaktapur are using their father’s
techniques to make yoghurt that is still
winning hearts in the Valley, by Thomas
Heaton (kp 12/07/2019)
Bird
flu-hit farmers get Rs 81.08 million in
compensation, by Nikeeta Gautam (rep
11/07/2019)
'Women
home-based workers play significant role in
cardamom production' (rep 11/07/2019)
Inadequate
rainfall hits paddy plantation: Plantation
completed on only 23.76 pc of arable land, a
drop of 29.19 pc from last year (ht
10/07/2019)
Nepal
continues to import pesticides at an alarming
rate, government data shows: Country imported
just 50 tonnes of pest-killing chemicals in
1997. Today, it imports more than 600
tonnes, a majority of which comes from India,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 10/07/2019)
Farmers
concerned as drought delays paddy plantation in
Khotang (rep 09/07/2019)
MoALD
to form price fixation commission for major
crops (ht 08/07/2019)
Paddy
transplantation completed on 15% of fields so
far: Delayed monsoon blamed, by Muna Sunuwar
(rep 08/07/2019)
Sugar
mills putting the heat on the government to
extend import quota: Domestic sugar producers
want two months’ extension, claiming that they
have over 100,000 tonnes of unsold suger in
stock, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 07/07/2019)
Drought-hit
farmers perform puja for rain (ht
06/07/2019)
India
tightens Nepal’s tea exports, by Bhim
Chapagain (rep 06/07/2019)
Drought
hits Ramechhap farmers (ht 04/04/2019)
Tea
farmers dump green leaves on the road: Farmers,
factory owners at odds again over quality of
leaves, by Bhim Chapagain (rep 04/07/2019)
Sugar
mills in central Tarai owe Rs7 billion to cane
farmers Farmers preparing to launch a protest
against tight-fisted mill owners, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 03/07/2019), Sugarcane
farmers announce protest (ht
03/07/2019)
Nepal
commercial coffee farming survey 2018/19: 1,573
tons of coffee cherries produced in 973 hectares
(rep 03/07/2019), Coffee
farming: We cannot reap benefits from the coffee
business unless we start growing it on a large
scale and attract the private sector in it
(ht 04/07/2019)
Kavre,
Lalitpur and Syangja lead in commercial coffee
farming (ht 03/07/2019)
An
incurable disease has been invading citrus
orchards: The fruits on the affected trees are
smaller, of poor quality, and drop prematurely,
by Sameer Pokhrel (kp 02/07/2019)
Agriculture
Ministry seeks Rs250 million to upgrade testing
labs: None of the border points is properly
equipped to test imported vegetables and fruits
for chemical contamination, by Rajesh Khanal
(kp 02/07/2019)
With
no rains, maize dries up in Khotang (rep
02/07/2019)
Animals
dying in cattle conservation centre: Locals are
worried of possible disease outbreak due to poor
disposal of animal carcasses, by Pratap Rana
Magar (kp 01/07/2019)
Think
beyond planning: Though Nepal is predominantly
an agrarian country in terms of both
socio-culture and economic structure,
agriculture sector has never been at the top
most priority for development, by Bhairab
Raj Kaini (rep 01/07/2019)
Chitwan
farmers use modern equipment to transplant paddy,
by Sabita Shrestha (rep 01/07/2019)
More
than 50 percent land in Province 5 fallow
becauseof insufficient rain (kp 01/07/2019),
Drought
delays paddy plantation (ht 01/06/2019)
The
environment and pest management: Insect pests
are considered to be a good indicator of
human-driven climate change, by Pragya
Adhikari (kp 30/06/2019)
Rice
import up even as paddy production increases
(ht 30/06/2019)
Rice
Key To Food Security, by Bhola Man Singh
Basnet (rn 30/06/2019)
Bhojpur
farmers attracted to insuring livestock (ht
28/06/2019)
Monsoon
mystery: Monsoon rain is a lifeline to an
agriculture-based economy like Nepal, where with
poor irrigation system farmers have to rely on
the mercy of the sky, by Chhering Yonzon
(rep 25/06/2019)
Govt
yet to fix price of paddy, farmers at the
receiving end: By not fixing the price the govt
has contradicted its target of making the
country self-reliant in paddy (ht
25/06/2019)
Modernise
farms: Compared to the countries of the region,
Nepal’s investment in agriculture is low, which
shows that it is not a priority of the
government (ht 25/06/2019)
Rural
farmers travel to Kathmandu for fertilisers,
only to return empty-handed: Failure to import
sufficient fertilisers has meant Nepal is
reeling from critical shortage, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 24/06/2019)
Banking
on land: Land banks that accept land deposits
and lend out plots is an idea whose time has
come, by Arun GC (kp 24/06/2019)
High
returns drive Baglung farmers to growing
cardamom: Nepal is the world’s largest producer
of large cardamom, accounting for half of the
global production, by Prakash Baral (kp
24/06/2019)
Rituals
over results: Development is best gauged in term
of success and smiles of farmers, who cultivate
rough and rocky terrains while navigating
treacherous trails day in and day out, by
Baburam Neupane (rep 23/06/2019)
Search
and destroy: The fall armyworm has to be
eradicated as it can cause immense damage to
crops, by Yubak Dhoj GC (kp 23/06/2019)
Urbanisation
and lack of resources worry farmers, by
Jitendra Sah(kp 22/06/2019)
Late
monsoon and shortage of chemical fertilisers
likely to affect paddy output: With Finance
Ministry delaying funds and authorities failing
to act promptly, fertiliser imports won’t be
available for the current plantation season,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 21/06/2019)
Gift
a goat: Help is at hand for Mustang’s nomads
recovering from a harsh winter that killed much
of their livestock (nt 21/06/2019)
Farmers
worry as monsoon stalls over Bay of Bengal:
Weathermen say the rains will likely arrive this
weekend. However, it will take a few more days
for it to spread all over Nepal, by Sangam
Prasain and Nirmala Khadayat (kp 20/06/2019)
Agricultural
extension: Keeping up with the times, by
Yubak Dhoj GC (ht 19/06/2019)
Dangers
of forced merger: Moving toward a regulatory
driven forced merger will be dangerous and
detrimental to stability of Nepal’s banking
system, by Pravesh Rijal (rep 19/06/2019)
Erratic
pattern: Agriculture in Nepal is suffering from
years of under-investment, limited research,
scant inputs and lack of technology and services
for farmers, by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep
16/06/2019)
Farmers
hit by fertiliser shortage: Frantic farmers in
most of the districts in Province 5 said if
nothing is done, food production may drop,
by Manoj Poudel, Kamal Panthi, Sanju Poudel and
Rupa Gahatraj (kp 16/06/2019)
Nawalparasi
farmers at receiving end as sugar mills delay
payment, by Rekha Bhusal (rep 13/06/2019)
Yes
we Cannabis: Despite a long and storied history
of cannabis in Nepali culture, the cultivation
and consumption of marijuana remains
illegal, punishable by harsh jail terms and
steep fines. Some people say it’s high time that
changed, by Leena Dahal (kp 08/06/2019)
Farmers
in Syangja to get cold storage facilities: They
currently have no means to store their unsold
produce thus incurring heavy financial losses,
by Pratikchya Kafle (kp 08/06/2019)
Something
fishy in new Nepal farm: Aquaponics is organic,
requires no land and is powered by fish poop,
by Hrijata Dahal (nt 07/06/2019)
Amendment
bill for providing compensation to farmers
(ht 03/06/2019)
Don’t
call it Darjeeling, it’s Nepali tea: The
Himalayan country’s growers are in the budding
stages of a loose-leaf revolution, by Max
Falkowitz (kp 30/05/2019)
Livestock
production data found to be flawed, by Rudra
Pangeni and Zenith Shah (rep 29/05/2019)
Farmers
elated as govt tightens livestock imports,
by Mohammad Habib (rep 29/05/20199
Integrated
pest management: The method offers an entry
point to organic production systems for a
healthy society, by Yubak Dhoj GC (kp
28/05/2019)
Agriculture’s
share in gross domestic product shrinks to 26.98
percent: Survey, by Sangam Prasain (kp
28/05/2019)
Of
communists and farmlands: It is not the exodus
of the youth to foreign jobs, but the communist
government’s neglect of land reforms that has
undermined agriculture, by Abhi Subedi (kp
26/05/2019)
Mustang
farmers in want of support to resume cattle
farming, by Santosh Pokharel and Sushil Babu
Thakali (rep 26/05/2019)
Gandaki
likely to record over 7 percent growth rate,
by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 24/05/2019)
Nepal
Krishi, Bayer BioScience to pilot hybrid paddy
seeds project, by Sangam Prasain (kp
22/05/2019) [??
Greetings from Monsanto???]
Good
agricultural practices: The future of farming,
by Arati Joshi (ht 22/05/2019)
MoALD
proposes programmes worth Rs 68m to improve
sugarcane farming (ht 22/05/2019)
In
Makwanpur, Chepang households turn to beekeeping
but see little returns: Without a direct
farm-to-market connection and government
support, most bee farmers remain at the mercy of
traders, by Samuel Chhetri (kp 20/05/2019)
Sarlahi
sugarcane farmers begin relay hunger strike:
Demand sugar mills to settle outstanding dues,
by Tanka Chhetri (rep 20/05/2019)
Youth
engagement in agriculture: If there are
high-paying jobs in the country, youths will
have no reason to go abroad, by Nabin
Bhandari (kp 20/05/2019)
Agriculture
studies help generate skilled manpower in Parbat,
by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 20/05/2019)
Labor
and employment minister promises minimum wage to
tea laborers in Ilam, by Bhim Chapagain (rep
18/05/2019)
Growing
Plants Organically, by Hira Bahadur Thapa
(rn 17/05/2019)
Experts
recommend long-term strategies for organic
farming (ht 16/05/2019)
Agricultural
education: Nepal is a farm country, and
graduates and experts are vital to achieving
prosperity, by Umed Pun (kp 15/05/2019)
Dhading
farmers face shortage of chemical fertilizers:
Say paddy production will be affected this year,
by Sarita Shrestha (rep 15/05/2019)
PMAMP
delights maize farmers in Parbat district,
by Arpana Ale Magar (kp 15/05/2019)
Dearth
of technicians: Greenhouse farming in Nepal has
been more of a bane than a boon because of a
dearth of technicians (ht 14/05/2019)
Road
to commercialization: If Nepal is to speed-up
agricultural commercialization process for both
import substitution and export promotion, there
is no better way than consolidation of farm
lands, by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep 14/05/2019)
Farmers
seek irrigation in Tanahun vegetable zone
(ht 14/05/2019)
Low
wages and ill-treatment make a bitter brew for
tea workers: Thousands of tea workers have gone
on an indefinite strike, casting shadows on the
once lucrative business, by Tsering D Gurung
(kp 13/05/2019)
Lack
of technicians in high-tech greenhouses in Kaski
hits output, by Arpana Ale Magar (ht
13/05/2019)
Vegetable
farming getting popular in Jumla, by DB
Budha (rep 11/05/2019)
Swipe
my card: A digital voucher system will ensure
that farm subsidies reach the target group,
by Arun GC (kp 10/05/2019)
Cereal
import bill hits record high despite bumper
harvests, by Sangam Prasain (kp 09/05/2019),
Perverse
situation: The country’s cereal import bill hits
a record high despite bumper harvests (kp
10/05/2019)
Taplejung
reeling under shortage of chemical fertilizers,
by Khagendra Adhikari (rep 09/05/2019)
Losses
to tea industry from workers’ strike top Rs 1
billion, by Arjun Rajbansi (kp 08/05/2019),
Tea
workers intensify protest demanding
implementation of minimum pay, by Yuvraj
Bibas (rep 08/05/2019), Protesting
tea workers in Jhapa say they are starving,
by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp 10/05/2019)
Yarsa
collection begins in Manang (ht 06/05/2019)
Ground
work begins for coffee super zone in five
districts, by Krishana Prasain (kp
06/05/2019)
Rubber
farming possible in eastern Nepal: Agro Ministry
(ht 05/05/2019)
Tea
estates in Ilam bear the brunt of workers
protest, by Biplab Bhattarai (kp 03/05/2019)
Regulatory
body to be set up to oversee organic farming,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 02/05/2019)
MoALD
does not have any new plan for next fiscal
(ht 02/05/2019)
Eggs
selling below cost of production, farmers say,
by Sabita Shrestha (rep 02/05/2019)
Sugar
mills
in Sarlahi fail to pay farmers yet again:
Sugar factories still owe Rs8 billion to farmers
for this season’s harvest, by Om Prakash
Thakur (kp 02/05/2019)
Farmers
to entrepreneurs: Unless Nepali farmers become
entrepreneurs, commercial agriculture will not
be sustainable in Nepal, by Bhairab Raj
Kaini (rep 02/05/2019)
Bitter
sugar policy: Nepal can become self-reliant in
sugar provided that the government comes up with
a farmer-friendly policy (ht 01/05/2019)
Sugar
import restrictions extended till mid-July,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 30/04/2019)
UN
Capital Fund launches Nepal Innovation
Challenge: The initiative aims to modernise the
country’s farming sector (kp 30/04/2019)
Pesticide
use blamed for rising number of cancer patients
(ht 30/04/2019)
Chemical
fertiliser crunch hits farmers ha |