Posts By The Kathmandu Post
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210Maize News in EnglishSpring paddy areas shrink in western Nepal
Farmers in Lumbini province are abandoning spring paddy (chaite dhan) due to irrigation issues, switching to higher-yielding hybrid maize instead. Spring paddy...
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219Rice News in EnglishRice prices hit record high amid Indian ban
Rice prices surged to their highest by Rs800 per kg per 25 kg of bag over a year in the Nepali market,...
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207EnglishSugar price soars despite abundance in sugarcane crushing season
Sugar prices have maintained an upward trend at retail levels despite the ongoing sugarcane crushingseason, which consumer rights activists say has been...
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221EnglishNepali farmers reap bonus on India’s rice export ban
The state-owned food trading company’s office in Birgunj is struggling to buy paddy due to localtraders and rice mills offering higher prices...
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287EnglishGovernment hikes sugarcane price by Rs25 to Rs635 per quintal
The government on Wednesday increased the price of sugarcane by 4 percent to Rs635 per quintal. A cabinet meeting fixed the minimum...
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207EnglishSugarcane farmers wait for last year’s subsidy as new harvest begins
Every December, shivering in the Kathmandu Valley’s cold sugarcane farmers stage a sit-in protest to highlight their grievances against their delayed payment...
