Make Agriculture Appealing

Two-thirds of Nepal's population rely on agriculture. The country has enough arable land and suitable weather conditions to grow enough food to feed its population. Yet the sad reality is that we have been importing agricultural products worth billions of rupees. In fact, the import bill has grown so big that it now consumes a third of our remittance, leaving us with scant money to pursue other important goals. Despite the overwhelming majority of the workforce in the sector, the production is neither sufficient to meet the demand nor farmers have been able to earn decent livelihood from it.