Farmers face fertiliser shortage in rice planting season

Kathmandu - A shortage of fertiliser is seen in the district at the time of rice planting season. The farmers here are compelled to spend the day looking for fertiliser from one place to another due to this. The farmers say that there is acute shortage of fertiliser which is essential especially at the time of rice planting.

They are compelled to buy fertiliser at exorbitant price due to the shortage. It is said the farmers are not getting fertiliser even if they are ready to buy it at higher price. Laxman BK of Tikapur municipality -3 is preparing his around four bighas land for planting rice but he has to halt the planting schedule as he could not get fertiliser. "There is no fertiliser in the market. We have to spend whole day searching for fertiliser going from one place to another.