Fertiliser crunch leaves Banke farmers in crisis

NEPALGUNJ, June 18: More than 650 farmers have demanded chemical fertilisers for summer farming from Shivashakti Agriculture Cooperative in Ward No. 7 of Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality in Banke. If distributed as per demand, each farmer would receive around three sacks of fertiliser on average. However, the cooperative has received only 68 sacks of urea and 15 sacks of DAP.