Excessive use of chemical fertilisers lowers paddy output in Parbat

Farmers have been using a large amount of chemical fertilisers to increase their agricultural output.

Until about a decade ago, Uma Basyal used to harvest around 850 kilograms of paddy from her fields in Paiyun Rural Municipality Ward 7, Parbat, a district in western Nepal. But this year, her farm’s paddy output declined to around 504 kg.