By Sher Bahadur Sarki, Bajura, Sept. 11: Women in Bajura are currently busy harvesting rice. Farmers here do not cultivate rice twice a year. They plant rice for the first time in Chait–Baisakh (Ma...
SINGAPORE, Sept 10: El Niño is likely to pose a bigger inflation risk than a growth shock for ASEAN economies, with higher prices for rice, wheat, maize and vegetable oils expected to be the main c...
Twenty-eight trucks carried the rice from Kathmandu to Kerung, where it was transferred into eight Chinese containers, each carrying 400 quintals, to Hilsa. After a seven-year halt, the Food Manag...
Janakpurdham. Rice plantation in Madhesh Province has reached the final stage. According to the Madhesh Province Agriculture Development Directorate, plantation has been completed in 350,118.88 hec...
Nepal’s National Rice Day was marked at Khumaltar in Lalitpur with a tech-forward twist, featuring drones to spray fertiliser over the paddy fields, while transplanting machines handled the plantin...
The monsoon is the vital source of water for rice cultivation in Nepal. When the monsoon becomes active across the country, two contrasting scenarios emerge. First, it provides a significant boost ...
KATHMANDU, June 30: Growing urbanization in Kathmandu Valley has led to a shrinking space for rice plantation, said farmers.
Farmers are abandoning indigenous rice for higher-yielding hybrids, putting at risk varieties that carry distinctive genetic traits, cultural traditions and centuries of agricultural history. Unti...
Karachi. Pakistan will export 60,000 tons of rice to China's Guangzhou and Shenzhen provinces in the fiscal year 2026/27. This export agreement has been made after Pakistan's Rice Exporters Associa...
Rice planting season has kicked off in Salyan district this year. Farmers across various villages and fields in the district have begun wading into the mud to transplant rice seedlings. Planting h...
KATHMANDU, June 18: The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has committed USD 12 million in grant assistance for a six-year project aimed at improving climate-resilient rice production a...
As India and Pakistan compete for geographical indication rights, Nepal is drafting its first GI law to protect products from basmati rice to Ilam tea. Across South Asia, basmati rice has long bee...
Butwal. Rice plantation for this season in Lumbini Province has reached 59.94 percent completion. According to the Provincial Directorate of Agricultural Development, out of an estimated 313,072 he...
Visual Stories With the monsoon rice transplanting season over, farmers spend long days hand-weeding paddies to protect the crop. The paddy has been transplanted, but the hard work is far from ov...
Baglung. Rice planting in Baglung has been affected by insufficient rainfall even by mid-Asar. While 60 percent of planting was completed by this time last year, only 38 percent has been planted th...
Rice, vegetables, eggs and edible oil have become costlier in recent weeks, while an artificial cooking gas shortage has added to household burdens ahead of the festive season. Households across N...
Sindhuli. A traditional rice planting festival was celebrated in Marin Rural Municipality of Sindhuli by plowing with 20 pairs of oxen and buffaloes. The program organized by the rural municipality...
Emergency pest control measures launched in Purbakhola after the fast-spreading infestation damages newly transplanted rice crops in multiple wards. A rapidly spreading outbreak of rice hispa, a d...
Rice, the main food source for more than half of the world's population, is an important cereal crop. Nepal ranks 17th in the world in terms of rice production. In Nepal, rice cultivation can be su...
Arju Rice Mill is paying Rs28.97 per kilogramme for spring paddy, 39 paisa above the government's minimum support price, offering relief to farmers during the harvest season. Farmers in Morang are...
Pyongyang. North Korea has intensified rice cultivation in dry fields as an alternative to traditional water-submerged paddy farming. While state media presents this as an effort to increase agricu...
Havana. China has sent rice to Cuba, which is facing a serious humanitarian crisis. China will send a total of 60,000 tons of rice to Cuba to provide relief from the current crisis. Fifteen thousa...
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