KATHMANDU, May 24: The country's trade deficit in the first 10 months of th4e current fiscal year stands at Rs 1.2 trillion.

KATHMANDU, Jan 20: The government has disbursed  Rs 758.2 million in interest subsidy for loans floated under a concessional credit scheme for certain agricultural and livestock businesses.  It bears five percent of the interest for loans disbursed by banks and financial institutions.

KATMANDU, July 30: The government's decision to grant affiliation to seven private agricultural colleges and a forestry college has drawn criticism from various quarters including the ruling parties.

KAPILBASTU, July 4: Large tract of agricultural land has been inundated at Mayadevi Rural Municipality-8 in Kapilbastu district following incessant rain.

KATHMANDU, June 28: Ministry of Agriculture, Land Management and Cooperative has started taking needful action against 98 traders at Kalimati Vegetable Market after finding that they were doing business flouting rules and regulations of the Kalimati Fruits and Vegetable Development Market Board.

KATHMANDU, May 6: The Ministry of Agriculture, Land Management and Cooperatives has come up with a roadmap to make the country self-sufficient on agriculture production with proper management and expansion of agriculture, livestock, land management and cooperatives sector.

DOTI, April 21: Until a few years ago, the lush green fields and high agricultural output earned Mauwa the recognition of the storehouse of Doti. However,  the once fertile fields have turned into barren land and bushy jungles now.

SYANGJA, Jan 20: Galyang Municipality has established a Small Farmer Milk Collection and Distribution Center at Galyang Bazar-3 of the municipality, at an investment of Rs 12 million.

KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Bikas Udhyami, a private company, handed over an excel file of agriculture statistics to the Ministry of Agricultural Development amid a function in Kathmandu on Monday.

GULMI, July 9: Children in Kumal community in Gulmi district have been reduced to getting involved in agricultural activities that are supposed to be carried out by adults.

UDAYAPUR Jan 13: A three-day Agricultural Fair is being held at Triveni of Triyuga Municipality, Udayapur coinciding with the occasion of Makar Sankranti.

ILAM, Dec 26: The Agricultural Fair kicked off in Illam on Sunday with an objective to promote the local produces.