HETAUDA: Paddy production in Bagmati Province has decreased this year.
According to the Bagmati Province Agriculture Development Directorate, the drop in production is attributed to the floods and landslides caused by heavy rains on September 27-28.
In the current fiscal year, paddy was planted on 105,415 hectares of land in Bagmati Province, yielding a total of 408,316 metric tons at an average of 3.87 metric tons per hectare, reported Nabin Kunwar, an agricultural economist at the Directorate.
In comparison, during the previous fiscal year 2080/81 BS, paddy was cultivated on 109,151 hectares, producing 413,988 metric tons.
Kunwar noted that paddy production has increased in certain districts this year, including Chitwan, Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, and Nuwakot.
Chitwan, the largest paddy-growing district in Bagmati Province, produced 98,355 metric tons of paddy at an average of 4.15 metric tons per hectare, covering 23,700 hectares this year.
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