June 2, 2020 21:29 pm
KATHMANDU, June 2: The government claims to have facilitated domestic agricultural production to increase employment opportunities, but the budget allocation for the sector might not help meet the government targets, say agricultural analysts.
June 2, 2019 10:49 am
KATHMANDU, June 2: In last year’s budget and programs, Finance Minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada had made an ambitious announcement that the country will be self-reliant in agricultural production by Fiscal Year 2020/2021. He had further announced that the country will double agro produce by the end of Fiscal Year 2022/23.
April 2, 2019 01:00 am
Nepal lacks specific policy to address food loss. Most programs focus on boosting agricultural production and increasing farm productivity
October 26, 2018 17:04 pm
KATHMANDU, Oct 26: The government has brought a strategy of providing irrigation facility on additional 44,500 hectares area in the next three years.