The monsoon is the vital source of water for rice cultivation in Nepal. When the monsoon becomes active across the country, two contrasting scenarios emerge. First, it provides a significant boost ...
Farmers are abandoning indigenous rice for higher-yielding hybrids, putting at risk varieties that carry distinctive genetic traits, cultural traditions and centuries of agricultural history. Unti...
Janakpurdham. Rice plantation in Madhesh Province has reached the final stage. According to the Madhesh Province Agriculture Development Directorate, plantation has been completed in 350,118.88 hec...
KATHMANDU, June 30: Growing urbanization in Kathmandu Valley has led to a shrinking space for rice plantation, said farmers.
Nepal’s National Rice Day was marked at Khumaltar in Lalitpur with a tech-forward twist, featuring drones to spray fertiliser over the paddy fields, while transplanting machines handled the plantin...
As India and Pakistan compete for geographical indication rights, Nepal is drafting its first GI law to protect products from basmati rice to Ilam tea. Across South Asia, basmati rice has long bee...
Karachi. Pakistan will export 60,000 tons of rice to China's Guangzhou and Shenzhen provinces in the fiscal year 2026/27. This export agreement has been made after Pakistan's Rice Exporters Associa...
KATHMANDU, June 18: The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has committed USD 12 million in grant assistance for a six-year project aimed at improving climate-resilient rice production a...
Rice planting season has kicked off in Salyan district this year. Farmers across various villages and fields in the district have begun wading into the mud to transplant rice seedlings. Planting h...
Visual Stories With the monsoon rice transplanting season over, farmers spend long days hand-weeding paddies to protect the crop. The paddy has been transplanted, but the hard work is far from ov...
Butwal. Rice plantation for this season in Lumbini Province has reached 59.94 percent completion. According to the Provincial Directorate of Agricultural Development, out of an estimated 313,072 he...
Rice, vegetables, eggs and edible oil have become costlier in recent weeks, while an artificial cooking gas shortage has added to household burdens ahead of the festive season. Households across N...
Baglung. Rice planting in Baglung has been affected by insufficient rainfall even by mid-Asar. While 60 percent of planting was completed by this time last year, only 38 percent has been planted th...
Emergency pest control measures launched in Purbakhola after the fast-spreading infestation damages newly transplanted rice crops in multiple wards. A rapidly spreading outbreak of rice hispa, a d...
Sindhuli. A traditional rice planting festival was celebrated in Marin Rural Municipality of Sindhuli by plowing with 20 pairs of oxen and buffaloes. The program organized by the rural municipality...
Arju Rice Mill is paying Rs28.97 per kilogramme for spring paddy, 39 paisa above the government's minimum support price, offering relief to farmers during the harvest season. Farmers in Morang are...
Rice, the main food source for more than half of the world's population, is an important cereal crop. Nepal ranks 17th in the world in terms of rice production. In Nepal, rice cultivation can be su...
Pyongyang. North Korea has intensified rice cultivation in dry fields as an alternative to traditional water-submerged paddy farming. While state media presents this as an effort to increase agricu...
Havana. China has sent rice to Cuba, which is facing a serious humanitarian crisis. China will send a total of 60,000 tons of rice to Cuba to provide relief from the current crisis. Fifteen thousa...
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