KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has urged the bodies concerned to utilize the agriculture grants.
Addressing a program organized to declare self-reliance in livestock products here Thursday, PM Oli argued that such grants made available in the agriculture sectors should be utilized for sustainable development of the sector. He shared that the government was providing the grants in nominal interest rates in modernization and equipment and irrigation in the agriculture sector.
As per the United Nations, Nepal has become self-reliant in some livestock products. PM Oli declared that Nepal was self–reliant in egg and meat products of late.
Nepal is producing 600 million eggs and 255,000 metric ton meat and fish annually. However, Nepal needs to increase production by 12 liters per person annually to be self-reliant in dairy products.
Prime Minister Oli complained that though the country was increasing grants in the agro sectors, the production was not increasing as per the expectation. He also directed the line ministries to bring effective program to attract the youths in productive sectors.
Similarly, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Padma Aryal stressed on making Prime Minister Modernization Project effective. She was also of the view that efforts should be made to prevent a situation of food shortage.
Ministry secretaries Dr Prem Narayan Kandel and Dr Yogendra Kumar Karki, among others, were present in the event.
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