Farmers in drought-hit hills unable to sow maize

Droughts and dry spells in the cultivation season and flooding in the harvesting time have become a new normal in Nepal.

On Thursday morning last week, Ganesh Neupane from Beteni, ward 3 of Kalika Rural Municipality in Rasuwa district, went to his field with a spade to check if the soil was moist enough to sow maize. It had rained the previous evening after a prolonged drought.