BIRGUNJ, July 2: Farmers of Madhesh province have been assured that there will be no shortage of fertilizers this year.
Agricultural Inputs Company Limited, Madhesh Province Regional Office, Birgunj, Parsa has said that the required quantity of fertilizer for the month of Asar (mid-June - mid-July) is already in stock and an additional amount of fertilizer is arriving in Nepal soon.
Head of the Provincial Office, Chandra Prasad Chamlagain said currently 6,000 metric tons of urea and 3,000 metric tons of DAP are in the warehouse.
Farmers to face fertilizer shortage next year too
Hence, there will be no shortage of fertilizer during paddy cultivation this year as additional quantities of fertilizer will arrive in the third week of July. In the 10 months of the current year 2079/80 BS, 100,000 metric tons of chemical fertilizers have been received at the Regional Office of the Agricultural Inputs Company, Birgunj Parsa.
"Until now, 170,000 metric tons of urea and DAP fertilizers have arrived, 50,000 metric tons of fertilizers are in the process of arriving and 40,000 metric tons of fertilizer is in the process of being approved," said Chamlagain.
The demand for chemical fertilizers is high from mid-June to mid-September, the main season of paddy cultivation. Although the supply is not as per the demand, more fertilizer has been received in the current fiscal year 2079/80 BS compared to the previous year 2078/79 BS.
(RSS)
