July 3 : Till the end of June this year, 38 percent rice transplantation was completed across the country, up from 14 percent compared to the corresponding period last year. Such an increase is attributed to the timely arrival of monsoon.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, till June 29, 2020, paddy cultivation was done in 406,662 of 1,371,706 hectares of land.
The Ministry data shows that the Sudurpashim State witnesses the highest 49.54 per cent paddy cultivation or transplantation against 25.22 per cent in the past year in the corresponding period.
The Karnali state is in the second position in terms of cultivation with 49.15 per cent so far followed by 45.99 per cent in State-5, 36.22 per cent in Bagmati state, 35.66 per cent in Gandaki, 29.8 in State-1 and 29.02 in State-2.
Similarly, the high hilly areas reported 40.72 per cent cultivation followed by 37.95 in mid-hills and 34.34 in the Tarai . The figure was 29.96 per cent in high hills, 23.07 in mid hills and 11.7 in the Terai during corresponding period last year. RSS
