Irrigation Shortages Lead to Decline in Spring Paddy Cultivation in Kanchanpur

Kanchanpur. The number of farmers cultivating spring paddy (Chaite Dhan) is declining. According to data from the Agriculture Knowledge Center and the Prime Minister Agriculture Modernization Project office in Kanchanpur, the number of farmers planting spring paddy is decreasing every year.

Assistant Crop Development Officer at the Agriculture Knowledge Center, Dharma Bahadur Saud, stated that while spring paddy was cultivated on 400 hectares in the district a few years ago, it is now limited to only 150 hectares.