Government Achieves Record Chemical Fertilizer Supply

Kathmandu. The government has succeeded in supplying the highest ever volume of chemical fertilizer in the past fiscal year. Speaking at a meeting of the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee of the Federal Parliament on Thursday, Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Environment, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Mishra, informed that the government has strengthened the supply of fertilizer and made arrangements for heavy subsidies for farmers.

According to Secretary Dr. Mishra, 538,436 metric tons of chemical fertilizer were supplied in the last fiscal year, for which the government provided a subsidy of 39.75 billion rupees. The ministry has stated that despite the pressure on the supply chain due to the conflict in the Middle East, more than 257,000 metric tons of fertilizer have been imported from March to October of the current fiscal year.