Farmers likely to harvest 5.48 million tonnes of paddy

The paddy harvest will produce 3.52 million tonnes of rice after milling while Nepal requires 4 million tonnes annually to feed its population.

Nepali farmers are expected to harvest 5.48 million tonnes of paddy this fiscal year, which is 7 percent more than last year, despite a crippling shortage of chemical fertiliser during the key transplantation period in the monsoon.