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Rice yield decreases in Chitwan


21 November 2024  

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CHITWAN: Rice harvest has decreased in Chitwan this year compared to the previous year, according to the Agriculture Development Office.

The rice production in the district was 112,092.48 metric tonnes this year. Rice production in the district was 114,269.4 metric tonnes last year.

Rice was cultivated on 27,270 hectares land this year. The Office stated that the productivity has also decreased this year.

The productivity is 4.12 metric tonnes per hectare. According to the Office, the production fell due to plant diseases like dirty pinnacle, rice leaf folder, pinnacle blight and insect infestation in some places of east Chitwan.

The Chaite 5, Sabitri, Bar, Bahuguni 2, Hardinath 1, Hardinath 6, Piyare, Sawa Mansuli, Moti, Gorakhnath, Jiramasino, Ram varieties of rice are cultibated in Chitwan.

Publish Date : 21 November 2024 15:16 PM

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