Paddy plantation down by 12.62 per cent

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 the country. Till Monday, the country recorded paddy plantation in 443,595 hectares of land, according to Prakash Kumar Sanjel, director general at the Agriculture Department.