Nepal Faces Severe Chemical Fertilizer Shortage Amidst Planting Season

Kathmandu. The perennial problem of acute shortage of chemical fertilizers during the main paddy planting season has recurred this year as well. By the end of Asar, farmers in most of the paddy-producing districts of the country have not received DAP and Urea fertilizer. In some districts, fertilizer has not reached, while in others, the small quantity of fertilizer that reached the agricultural cooperatives is finished within a few hours.

Farmers in the border areas are facing legal complications when trying to bring fertilizer from Indian markets individually, while on the other hand, the government claims to have sufficient stock.