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92 percent paddy plantation completed
August 22, 2023 11:15 am
KATHMANDU, Aug 22: The country has recorded 92 percent paddy plantation till August 18.
87 percent paddy plantation over, seven percent less than last year
August 15, 2023 11:30 am
KATHMANDU, Aug 15: The country has witnessed 87 percent paddy plantation this year.
Only 10 percent paddy plantation in Mahottari district
July 10, 2023 13:39 pm
MAHOTTARI, July 10: Mahottari district has witnessed only 10 percent of paddy plantation as the peak plantation Nepali month of Asar nears its end.
Paddy plantation completed only on 26.71 percent of the total cultivable area
July 9, 2023 21:10 pm
KATHMANDU, July 9: Even after the third week of Asar (June/July) has passed, only one-fourth of the paddy planting has been completed.
27 percent paddy plantation completed till date
July 8, 2023 14:30 pm
KATHMANDU, July 8: The paddy plantation has been completed in some 27 percent of the total paddy farm till date for this year. This is 13 percent less than the previous year.
National Paddy Day being observed across Nepal
June 30, 2023 08:11 am
KATHMANDU, June 30: The 20th National Paddy Day is being marked today across the country.
Paddy plantation completed in 94.2 percent of rice fields
September 5, 2022 19:43 pm
KATHMANDU, Sept 5: Paddy plantation has been completed in 94.2 percent of the paddy fields in the rainy season this year, less than last year’s 97.89 percent of the paddy production area.
Paddy plantation completed in 24 districts
August 16, 2022 09:38 am
KATHMANDU, August 16: Transplantation of paddy, the major staple crop of the country, has concluded enthusiastically, thanks to timely and sufficient rainfall.
Paddy plantation completed in 60 percent cultivable land
July 19, 2022 08:56 am
KATHMANDU, July 19: The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD) has said that 60 percent of paddy plantation has been completed across the country.
Only five percent of paddy transplanted in Banke till June end
July 6, 2022 14:30 pm
BANKE, July 6: This year, paddy plantation has been delayed in Banke district. The plantation was delayed due to the incessant rain. According to Sagar Dhakal, Chief of Agricultural Knowledge Center, Banke, only about five percent of paddy has been transplanted till June end.
Farmers begin paddy plantation despite shortage of chemical fertilizers
July 3, 2022 12:55 pm
DOTI, July 3: Farmers in Doti are worried over the shortage of chemical fertilizer. They are bound to transplant paddy despite not having chemical fertilizer.
Paddy plantation done on 98 pc of rice fields, Nepal hopes to produce 6 million tons of paddy this year
August 15, 2021 19:20 pm
KATHMANDU, August 15: Paddy plantation is completed on 97.89 percent of the paddy acreage of 1.37 million hectares this rainy season, which is close to the last year’s plantation area.
Paddy plantation completed in around 27 percent of paddyfields across the country
June 30, 2021 06:30 am
KATHMANDU, June 30: Paddy plantation has been completed in 27.12 percent of the paddyfields across the country as of Tuesday, the day that marked the 18th National Paddy Day.
Early rains damage paddy seedlings in Parsa
June 27, 2021 09:45 am
PARSA, June 27: Farmers who used to wait for rain for paddy plantation in the past years have been affected by early rainfall this year.
With paddy plantation season on, govt body reiterates making adequate supply of chemical fertilizers
June 15, 2021 16:20 pm
KATHMANDU, June 15: The government-owned Agriculture Inputs Company (AIC) said it is in a comfortable position to supply the required quantity of chemical fertilizers to farmers this paddy plantation season, which has already started with the onset of the monsoon.
PHOTOS: Paddy planting season begins !
June 1, 2021 13:56 pm
BHAKTAPUR, June 1: Paddy plantation has begun in the outskirts of the Kathmandu Valley as the pre-monsoon gets active.
Paddy transplanted in 98% of rice fields, production boost still doubted due to fertilizer shortage
August 14, 2020 13:28 pm
KATHMANDU, Aug 14: Nepal has its paddy transplantation completed in 98% of the land allotted for rice production this monsoon, setting the largest cultivation land area in the past five years, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development.
An encouraging 92 percent of paddy acreage planted by mid monsoon season
July 23, 2020 19:30 pm
KATHMANDU, July 23: Paddy transplantation has been completed on 91.68 percent of the country's rice fields as of Wednesday, thanks to the timely and adequate rainfall the country receives this time and the easy availability of manpower in the agriculture fields due to the lockdown and coronavirus.
PHOTOS: Paddy plantation underway during lockdown
May 17, 2020 12:54 pm
KATHMANDU, May 17: The whole country is under lockdown orders in a bid to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus disease. Although industries and business activities are halted, the farmers can't remain idle as this is an important season for them.
Chitwan farmers use modern equipment to transplant paddy
July 1, 2019 11:16 am
CHITWAN, July 1: Locals of Dibyanagar of Chitwan have embraced farm mechanization to increase productivity.
Global IME celebrates National Paddy Day
July 1, 2019 10:53 am
KATHMANDU, July 1: Global IME Bank Ltd celebrated 16th National Paddy Day by organizing a paddy plantation event in Tokha of Kathmandu on Sunday. Issuing a statement, the commercial bank said that bank employees as well as locals participated in the plantation ceremony aimed at promoting the tradition of celebrating paddy day.
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Wild tuskers destroy swathes of paddy plantation
September 12, 2018 09:35 am
KANCHANPUR, Sept 12: A herd of wild tuskers entering human settlement from the Shuklaphanta National Park destroyed swathes of paddy plantation here on Tuesday evening.
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