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Climate change effect, crops ripe early in Terai

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KANCHANPUR, March 23: Wheat crop has started to ripe ahead of time in Terai districts including Kanchanpur because of the effect of climate change.



The grains are not nourishing and the grains shrink when ripe premature, said Agriculture Publicity Officer of the Agriculture Development Office, Ram Chandra Bhatta.



Although 125 days are needed for ripening for wheat, it is now ripe in hundred days, he said.



As we cannot stop the change of climate, we should grow crops that are appropriate in view of its affect, he said, adding this will not cause loss to farmers. Climate change effect has been mainly in paddy, wheat and vegetables.



The infection of new disease and insects and less resistance capacity of the crops are its effect, he said.



The Agriculture Research Centre, in view of the climate change impact, should encourage farmers to grow crops that suit the climate by developing and added the farmers should also adopt it.



The climate change has been invited by the increasing industrialization in developed countries.



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