Late monsoon slows Nepal’s paddy transplantation, but experts say there’s no need to worry

Paddy transplantation has reached just 32.4 percent of the country’s 1.37 million hectares, well behind last year’s pace, though officials and experts say the season can still recover by July-end.

The delayed and sluggish advance of the southwest monsoon has begun taking a visible toll on Nepal’s agriculture, with fresh government data showing that paddy transplantation has been completed on only 32.38 percent of the country’s cultivated area as of Monday.