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Cereal imports fall sharply in 2026/27
By A Staff Reporter, Kathmandu, Nov. 3: The country's imports of major cereals, particularly paddy, rice and maize, declined sharply during the first quarter of the current fiscal year 2026/27, res...
Nepal Imports 38 Million Kg Rice and Bran in Three Months
Kathmandu. In the last three months, a large quantity of rice and bran has been imported from abroad in the agricultural country. According to the data released by the Department of Customs for the...
Bhojpur farmers struggle to find labourers for rice harvesting
Bhojpur, October 28 Farmers in Bhojpur are struggling to find workers to harvest and store rice as young people increasingly leave villages for foreign employment and cities. A shortage of agricul...
Aviation tycoon Birendra Bahadur Basnet on why farming is safer than flying
After a Rs25 million operating loss at his rice mill, the Buddha Air founder says better storage, distribution and bank-backed guarantees can make agriculture profitable. Few businesses sit furthe...
Industries move out as Biratnagar loses its industrial base
BIRATNAGAR, Oct 7: Chandra Shiva Rice and Oil Mill, one of Biratnagar’s oldest industries, has moved from Thulo Mill Chowk to Hattimuda in Budhiganga Rural Municipality, reflecting a broader shift ...
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ChhathCereal imports fall sharply in 2026/27
By A Staff Reporter, Kathmandu, Nov. 3: The country's imports of major cereals, particularly paddy, rice and maize, declined sharply during the first quarter of the current fiscal year 2026/27, res...
Farmers Busy Harvesting Rice Along Daraundi River After Dashain Festival
Gorkha. After the end of Bada Dashain, farmers in the fields along the Daraundi River in Gorkha are busy harvesting rice. Farmers are seen busy harvesting, drying, and bringing the crops home from ...
Pest infestation damages rice crops near harvest in Bhojpur
Bhojpur, October 26 Farmers in Bhojpur have become concerned after a pest locally known as “lai kira”, mealybug, was found infesting rice crops as the harvest season approaches. Farmers said the p...
Subsidised rice reaches Humla through Chinese route after 7-year gap
Twenty-eight trucks carried the rice from Kathmandu to Kerung, where it was transferred into eight Chinese containers, each carrying 400 quintals, to Hilsa. After a seven-year halt, the Food Manag...
Indonesia says will halt forest destruction for rice paddies
JAKARTA, Oct 6: Indonesia said on Tuesday it will halt a project to raze several million hectares of forest to clear land for rice production, saying it had reached self-sufficiency levels of the s...
Farmers busy harvesting Marshi paddy after Dashain
By Naurate Nepali,Sinja (Jumla), Oct. 25: Farmers in Jumla are busy harvesting Kalimarsi, a traditional rice variety grown at one of the highest elevations in the world. From the third week of Octo...
Nepal Faces Rice Production Challenges Amidst Declining Output
Janakpurdham. While Nepal used to export rice and paddy in the past, the country now has to import a large quantity as domestic production is insufficient to meet demand. In recent years, a decreas...
Salyan’s paddy fields turn golden as rice ripens (Photos)
Paddy fields across Salyan have turned golden as the rice crop farmers planted a few months ago ripens. The fields and terraces have taken on a golden hue, creating picturesque scenes across the di...
Nepal is growing more rice but losing indigenous varieties
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...
Indonesia says will halt forest destruction for rice paddies
JAKARTA, Oct 6: Indonesia said on Tuesday it will halt a project to raze several million hectares of forest to clear land for rice production, saying it had reached self-sufficiency levels of the s...
Rice production falls by 250,000 tonnes
By Ajay Shah, Mahottari, Oct. 12: Nepal’s rice production has declined by more than 250,000 metric tonnes in a year, adding to the challenge of achieving rice self-sufficiency as both the area unde...
Indonesia Halts Forest Clearing Plan for Rice Cultivation
Kathmandu. Indonesia has announced it will stop its plan to clear millions of hectares of forest for rice cultivation. The government has made such a decision after the country achieved self-suffic...
Nepal must put agrobiodiversity at the centre of regenerative agriculture
Nepal’s agricultural future may depend on something it already has in abundance — diversity. Across the country’s mountains, hills and plains, farmers have cultivated crops and raised livestock ad...
Who owns basmati? Nepal enters a global battle over a prized grain
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...
Paddy and rice imports record Rs 5.61 billion in two months
KATHMANDU, Oct 3: Nepal imported over 106 million kilograms of paddy and rice worth Rs 5.61 billion in the first two months of the current Fiscal Year (FY).
Farmers await relief after floods
By Rekhi Ram Rana,Tansen, Oct. 3: Farmers in Palpa have been left worried after floods destroyed the rice crops they had grown to feed their families throughout the year.
Madhesh Province Rice Plantation Nears Completion
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...
Drones and machines take over Nepal’s National Rice Day (Photos)
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...
In pictures: After transplanting, Khokana’s farmers return to the paddy fields
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...
Paddy and rice imports record Rs 5.61 billion in two months
KATHMANDU, Oct 3: Nepal imported over 106 million kilograms of paddy and rice worth Rs 5.61 billion in the first two months of the current Fiscal Year (FY).
Nepal seeks shift from manual to mechanical rice transplantation
Lalitpur,Aug.1: Rice specialists from Nepal’s research, education and agricultural extension institutions have called for an affordable and sustainable mechanisation system to reduce dependence on ...
Pakistan to Export 60,000 Tons of Rice to China
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...
Surging food prices pile pressure on consumers as festivals approach
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...
El Niño poses food inflation risk across ASEAN: OCBC economist
SINGAPORE, Sept 10: El Niño is likely to pose a bigger inflation risk than a growth shock for ASEAN economies, with higher prices for rice, wheat, maize and vegetable oils expected to be the main c...
Bajura women busy harvesting rice
By Sher Bahadur Sarki, Bajura, Sept. 11: Women in Bajura are currently busy harvesting rice. Farmers here do not cultivate rice twice a year. They plant rice for the first time in Chait–Baisakh (Ma...
Lumbini Province Rice Plantation Reaches 59.94% Completion
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 hispa outbreak hits paddy fields across Palpa
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...
Farmers worry over shrinking area for rice cultivation
KATHMANDU, June 30: Growing urbanization in Kathmandu Valley has led to a shrinking space for rice plantation, said farmers.
Youth Engagement In Disaster Management
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 ...
Baglung Rice Planting Affected by Insufficient Rainfall
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...