n the Chitwan district, rice production has decreased by 10 per cent this year. In paddy cultivation covering an area of 26,352 hectares, it yielded a total of 112,190 metric tons of rice.
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CHITWAN: Lightning strike has injured 14 paddy planters at Kalika municipality in Chitwan. The planters who were transplanting rice seedlings in the paddy field of Kamala BK, a local of Kalika-8, Majhuwa, had rushed to local Jantari Praja’s house for protection after rainfall. At the same moment, lightning strike along with windstorm and rainfall hit […]
CHITWAN, JUNE 29: The production of spring paddy has been increasing in Chitwan due to mechanization, quality seeds, management of farmers and awareness. According to the Agriculture Knowledge Center, Chitwan, the production of spring paddy has increased by 20 percent in the last four years.
KATHMANDU, October 21: Incessant rains that occurred in the country for the past few days have inflicted 30 percent loss to the expected paddy crops output in Chitwan.
The rainfall with the wind storm caused damage to paddies that were ready for harvest. Only 20 percent of the paddy planted was harvested in the district before the unseasonal rains ruined the crops.
According to Planning Officer of Agriculture Knowledge Center Bharatpur Umaraj Aryal, almost 50 percent of the paddy planted in east Chitwan, including Madi, was already harvested. Only 10 percent of paddy cultivated in Bharatpur metropolis was harvested, according to the preliminary assessment.
This year Chitwan district alone saw the plantation of paddy in 27,305 hectares of land. Last year paddy was cultivated in 27,305 hectares and total output was 103,416 metric tons.
If previous data is something to go by, the paddy production per hectare was 3.8 metric tons.
