At a press meet organized at the Ministry of Information and Communications on Monday, Co-Spokesperson of the Agriculture Ministry Tanka Luitel said the preparation was underway to import chemical fertilizers from China because the fertilizer brought from India was insufficient and there was no production from the private sector within the country.[break]
On the occasion, he informed the media that the maize production would decline because there was no rain on time. It would also render impact on paddy production, he added.
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