Latest Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development News & Updates

Kathmandu, May 4 (IANS) The Nepal government is seeking to procure 80,000 tonnes of chemical fertiliser from India under a government-to-government (G2G) arrangement, as disruptions in global supply and soaring prices triggered by the West Asia war strain Nepal’s farm input system. Prime Minister Balendra Shah’s Cabinet on Monday decided to approve, in principle, a proposal allowing the state-owned Agriculture Inputs Company to procure 80,000 tonnes of chemical fertiliser from India under a G2G …

Kathmandu, Dec 29 (IANS) Nepal and India have agreed to formulate and implement a biennial action plan within the next three months to translate bilateral agricultural cooperation agreements into concrete outcomes, Nepal’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development said on Monday. During the ninth meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Agriculture Working Group, held on Sunday and Monday in Kathmandu, the two sides also decided to advance cooperation between agricultural universities and rese…