Kathmandu. Lawmakers have severely criticized the working style of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) in a meeting of the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee held at Singha Durbar on Monday. CPN-UML lawmaker Prem Bahadur Bayak drew the government's attention to the decline in budget and investment in the agriculture sector and the lack of basic facilities for farmers. He stated that it is a matter of concern that the contribution of the agriculture sector to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has fallen from over 50 percent to 24 percent. Bayak accused the ministry of...