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The Minimum Support Price Policy Of Government Of Nepal In Seed Of Field Crops

The minimum support price is a measure taken by the government to protect farmers against sudden slumps in the market price.It is what the government will pay farmers for their crops when there are no other buyers in the market.Under this policy pricing,the government announces a fixed price for certain crops before the sowing season. […]

Scenario of COVID-19; An opportunity for organic agriculture in Nepal

Nepal is an agricultural country where 66% people are directly engaged in agriculture. Nepal has great potential in agriculture due to its diverse topography, climatic condition, biodiversity, soil type and so on. There are a lot of barren lands in hilly and mountain areas of Nepal where synthetic chemicals and fertilizers haven’t still reached, which […]

Seed Quality: Importance and Challenges

Seed, the key agricultural input, is responsible for developing the resilient agricultural sector and food systems. A country must be seed secure to achieve food security. Seed security can be explained as the availability and accessibility of quality seed at right time and at a reasonable price. In the current decade, farmers and producers are […]

Seed banks as solution to looming seed crisis

A seed is the foundation of life. Through regeneration and plant establishment, it is due to seeds, the world is full of biodiversity and how the chain of ecosystems is co-ordinating itself. Crop status largely depends on the seed material used for sowing. Quality seed alone leads to an increase of 15-20% in the production. […]

धानको उत्पादनोपरान्त भण्डारण तथा व्यवस्थापन

नेपालमा उत्पादनोपरान्त हुने ह्रास अन्य मुलुकको तुलनामा बढी भएको पाइन्छ । खाद्यबालीमा करिब १० देखि १५ प्रतिशत उत्पादनोपरान्त ह्रास भएको पाइन्छ । धान बाली काटे देखि भण्डारण सम्म उत्पादनमा ह्रास हुने भएकाले नोक्सानी कम गर्न काट्ने बेला देखिनै ध्यान पुराउनु पर्दछ । बाली काट्दा ८० प्रतिसत जति बाला पहेलो भएर नुगेपछि धान काट्न उपयुक्त हुन्छ […]

Is food security realistic without vigorous seed?

Food security occurs when all people are able to access enough safe and nutritious food to meet their requirements for a healthy life, in ways the planet can sustain into the future. However, food security faces a number of challenges due to low productivity from agriculture. Agriculture productivity has been adversely affected due to increasing […]

Importance of Seed Bank in the Scenario of Covid19

Nepal is a landlocked country and borders with China in the north and India in the south, east, and west. Nepal has a diverse geography, including subalpine forested hills and fertile plains. The ongoing global pandemic of COVID19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2. After the outbreak of COVID19 in Wuhan city, China in December 2019, it […]

नेपालमा स्थानीय बीउको सुरक्षा : सामुदायिक बीज बैंक

कृषि आनुवंशिक स्रोत मानव जीवनको अस्तित्वको आधार हो । समयको साथ विभिन्न आनुवंशिक स्रोतको विकास गरिएको छ र अधिकांश अवस्थामा यी आनुवंशिक स्रोतहरु स्थानीय क्षेत्रहरु भित्र नै केन्द्रित रहेका छन्। यद्यपि आधुनिक प्रजातिका बीउप्रति बढ्दै गएको कृषकको मोहले जैविक विविधता कम हुने प्रक्रिया जारी नै छ। उच्च उत्पादन दिने आधुनिक बीउले बहु-महत्त्व भएका स्थानीय प्रजातिहरूलाई […]

उन्नत बीउ : आजको आवश्यकता

नेपाल एक कृषि प्रधान देश हो । नेपालमा धेरै जसो खेती निर्वाहमुखी हुन्छ । यो परम्परागत हिसाबले नै चली आएको हो । यसै कारण नेपालका करिब ६५% मानिसहरु कृषि पेसामा आबद्ध भएपनि कृषिजन्य वस्तुको उत्पादन भने सिमित मात्रामा भइरहेको पाइन्छ । कृषि विकास मन्त्रालयबाट प्रकाशित वार्षिक प्रतिवेदनमा पनि प्रष्ट देखिन्छ कि कुल क्षेत्रफलको करिब ३०९१ […]

Importance of RHIZOBIUM INOCULATION IN SEED

The life of every crop starts with a seed. Seed is a fertilized mature ovule that possesses an embryonic plant, stored food material (endosperm) & a protective coat (testa), which is viable and has the capacity to germinate. Small but powerful, it has the ability to feed the world. But the productivity has been decreased […]