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Nepal’s
mountainous
north nears
starvation
(rep
25/10/2024))
Hatiyagola
food depot in
Sankhusabha
sees short of
rice for past
15 months
(rn
09/10/2024)
Goat
demand up in
Valley as
Dashain travel
is curtailed :
Live goat
priced from
Rs630 to Rs700
per kg this
Dashain.
Damage to
roads caused
by floods and
landslides has
hampered
vehicular
movement
(kp
09/10/2024)
Drone
takes relief
to
disaster-hit
families : In
a first for
Nepal, a
non-profit
uses a drone
to fly relief
to settlements
cut off by
floods and
landslides in
Kavre, by
Jyoti Shrestha
(kp
07/10/2024)
Two
state
suppliers trim
festival sugar
imports : The
government
permitted the
corporations
to import
30,000 tonnes
from India
through G-2-G
but only 6,000
tonnes would
be procured
(kp
07/10/2024) [This is very good news for people's health!]
Dashain
goods stranded on borders of China and
India : As the key highways remain
obstructed following floods and
landslides, there is little hope that
the consignments will arrive in
Kathmandu for festival, by Krishana
Prasain and Anish Tiwari (kp 03/10/2024)
Vegetable
supplies in Kathmandu drop 95 percent :
Traders warn that fresh vegetable prices
in the Capital may rise dramatically if
the highways connecting Kathmandu Valley
are not repaired soon (kp
30/09/2024), Kathmandu
veg supply drops 72 percent (ae
01/10/2024)
Sugar
shortage likely to repeat as festival
season begins : Government late again in
allowing imports. Last year, the price
jumped from Rs90 to Rs160 per kg on
panic buying, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 16/09/2024) [Eating
too much sugar is unhealthy anyway!]
Petroleum
products not to be distributed from NOC
depots on July 16 (kh 14/07/2024)
No shortage of
chemical fertilizers in Madhesh this
year (kh 11/07/2024)
Importance of
digitizing Nepal’s supply chain, by
Rajan Sharma (ae 05/07/2024)
Cooperatives
halt fertiliser supply in paddy season :
Most cooperatives in Parsa say quotas
allocated to them are small, which sows
seeds of quarrel with the farmers and
local politicians, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 04/07/2024)
Capital grapples
with petrol shortage as tanker drivers
protest (with photos), by Chirayu
Shakya (kh 17/06/2024), Tanker
drivers, NOC reach agreement,
fuel transport to resume today
(kh 17/06/2024), Fuel
crisis sparks chaos in Valley,
resolved by late afternoon :
Petroleum workers abruptly
stopped supplying to private
fuel stations demanding social
security coverage and minimum
wages, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 18/06/2024)
India
lifts onion export ban but traders say price in
Nepal could double : The neighbour shifted onion
export from ‘prohibited’ to ‘free’ but imposed a
minimum export price of $550 per tonne, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 06/05/2024) [And why is Nepal neglecting
agriculture and not growing enough onions
itself?]
Chemical
fertilizers imported from China being
transported to Kathmandu (rep 19/04/2024)
NOC
plans to set up chemical fertilizer factory to
reduce import dependency (rep 10/04/2024)
Hunger
is a Serious Problem in South Asia, by Hari
Prasad Shrestha (rep 06/04/2024)
Bajura
sells food grains, but reels under rice shortage
: Experts attribute growing preference among the
district residents for rice over local crops as
one of the factors for the scarcity, by
Arjun Shah (kp 28/02/2024)
Chemical
fertilizers stored in Tatopani customs warehouse
for 10 months (rep 20/02/2024)
Govt
urges early initiation of fertilizer procurement
process (rep 23/01/2024)
Onion
smuggling thrives after Indian export ban : The
staple has become expensive in Nepal. Due to the
price differences in Nepal and India, it has
become a lucrative business for smugglers,
insiders say (kp 08/01/2024)
India’s
export quota on non-basmati rice to Nepal comes
with slew of restrictions : Rice importers say
under the current quota arrangement, imported
rice will be dearer by over 30 percent in the
local market (kp 05/01/2024)
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