Farmers affected by this disaster are the same people who help put food on our tables every day. August is when Nepal’s paddy fields are at their most vibrant. After months of planting, weeding an...
Kathmandu. The Government of Nepal has decided to provide management costs to cooperatives that purchase paddy according to the minimum support price set for coarse and medium paddy for the current...
Kathmandu, Aug. 9: Paddy plantation across the country has reached 96 per cent of the targeted area, with transplantation nearing completion in most provinces following improved monsoon rainfall.
Janakpurdham, Aug 1: Paddy transplantation in Madhesh Province has reached the final stage. According to the Madhesh Province Agricultural Development Directorate, paddy has been transplanted so f...
BIRATNAGAR, July 23: Koshi province has completed 73.94 per cent paddy plantation till July 20.
Kathmandu, July 7 The paddy plantation has declined by 12.62 per cent this year. It was 45 per cent paddy plantation by this time last year, while this year record stands at 32.38 per cent across ...
Transplantation rate has reached 92.57 percent of Nepal’s paddy fields, up from 83.93 percent a year ago. But yields will still depend on rainfall in the coming weeks. A revival in monsoon rains h...
Chitwan. Farmers are concerned as the Sheath Blight disease has started appearing in the rainy season paddy crops in the Kharahani Municipality area of Chitwan. According to the municipality's agr...
By Janarjan Khatri, Sarlahi, Aug 7: Farmers in Sarlahi district have been upset for they have got no fertilizer for the paddy field.
Kathmandu, July 20: Paddy transplantation has gathered significant momentum across Nepal over the past two weeks, with nearly 70 percent of the country’s paddy fields now planted, aided by favourab...
KATHMANDU, July 7: Paddy transplantation has begun across the country with the onset of monsoon this year.
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. ...
Gorkha. The production of Chaitë paddy, the main food crop of the district, has decreased by 35% this year. The production has decreased this year due to blast disease, said Vivek Poudel, agricultu...
By Janarjan Khatri /Dhirendra Prasad Shah, Sarlahi/Rajbiraj, Aug. 6: Farmers have been facing severe hardship due to a shortage of fertiliser needed for their paddy crops.
KATHMANDU, July 7: Paddy plantation has failed to gain momentum this year, with only 32.38 percent of rice fields sown by the first week of July.
Many Kathmandu residents celebrate National Paddy Day despite not knowing its origins, as dahi-chiura vendors say the tradition is fading in the capital. Asar 15 (June 29 this year) has been celeb...
Kathmandu. Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) MP Purushottam Yadav has demanded an increase in the minimum support price for paddy. Speaking in the House of Representatives meeting on Monday, he demand...
By Pratik Ichchhuk Sharma, Salyan, Aug. 4: The Karnali provincial government has formed a five-member task force to conduct a field study of drought-hit areas in Salyan and Surkhet, where paddy pla...
KATHMANDU, June 29: As Nepal marked National Paddy Day on Monday, the government reiterated its ambition of making the country self-reliant in rice production. Yet, actual plantation progress remai...
Cirebon. Salt farmers in Indonesia's West Java province are reaping abundant benefits from the drought caused by El Nino. On the other hand, paddy farmers are preparing for a long period of challen...
Janakpurdham, Aug 1: Paddy transplantation in Madhesh Province has reached the final stage. According to the Madhesh Province Agricultural Development Directorate, paddy has been transplanted so fa...
KATHMANDU, June 29: The 23rd Paddy Day, celebrated annually on Asar 15 (as per the lunar calendar), is a significant cultural event in Nepal, marked by farmers working in the fields and consuming y...
Bhaktapur. Farmers in Bhaktapur are currently very busy with field work. Farmers are busy removing weeds that have sprouted in the fields where they have planted paddy and weeding them. As paddy t...
By Our Correspondent, Humla, Aug,1: The transplantation of paddy has been completed across all paddy fields in Humla district.
Nawalparasi. In Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East), 80 percent paddy plantation has been completed so far this year. Out of the total 18,500 hectares of land cultivated for paddy in the district, a...
By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, July 29: Paddy transplantation across the country has reached 86 per cent of the country's total cultivable paddy area as of Monday, marking a significant improvement...
Nuwakot. Farmers are busy with paddy plantation in the Gangate area between Nuwakot and Dhading after the monsoon became active. With sufficient rainfall, farmers are planting paddy in the traditio...
By Our Correspondent, Bajura, July 28: As the paddy plantation season ends, hundreds of people from Bajura have begun leaving for India to seek employment after completing this year's paddy transpl...
Kathmandu. This year, the pace of paddy plantation across the country appears to be somewhat slower compared to last year. As of Ashad 26 of the current fiscal year 2083, only 45.81 percent of the ...
By Santosh Subedi, Pakhribas (Dhankuta), July 25: The centuries-old tradition of Bethi, a collective paddy plantation practice accompanied by folk songs and community celebrations, is gradually dis...
Rautahat. Farmers in Sakhwani of Chandrapur Municipality-2 reach the fields daily and return looking at the sky. With the end of Ashad 27th passing without any decision on paddy transplantation thi...
ILAM. Farmers in Ilam's Mangsebung Rural Municipality-2, Malbanse, have no problem cultivating paddy this year. Those who have been relying on rain-fed agriculture for years are now free from their...
Kathmandu. Agriculture, Forest and Environment Minister Gita Chaudhary has claimed that chemical fertilizers required for paddy crops will be easily available. Clarifying the necessary fertilizer f...
Kathmandu. This year, the pace of paddy plantation in Nepal appears to be slower compared to last year. According to statistics released today by the Department of Agriculture under the Ministry of...
Ghorahi. One person has died and two others have been injured by lightning strike while planting paddy in Machhahi of Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City-9 in Dang. The deceased has been identified as D...
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