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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

Demand outstrips seed production, supply (ht 05/07/2008)

Cash crops: Nepali farmers should be able to benefit from the rise in food prices, by Artha Beed (nt 04/07/2008)

Diesel shortage delays paddy cultivation (kp 29/06/2008)

Mechi farmers compelled to use low quality fertilizers (kp 29/06/2008)

Catfish farming catching on in Kaski (ht 29/06/2008)

Have a rice day, by Bhola Man Singh Basnet (kp 28/06/2008)

Farming goes commercial, by Satya Narayan Mandal (kp 26/06/2008)

Mango production decreases (ht 24/06/2008)

Nepal starts exporting eggs (ht 13/06/2008)

Agriculture: Commercialization Is The Key, by Keshab Poudel (sp 13/06/2008)

Call to link horticulture with industry (ht 10/06/2008)

Bird flu, soaring cost of production threaten poultry farming (kp 08/06/2008)

Seeds are key to food security, by Nanu Jha (kp 07/06/2008)

Still hand to mouth: Farmers see little benefit from food price rises, by Gita Dhungana (nt 06/06/2008)

Mandi can benefit farmers (ht 30/05/2008)

Feeding the masses: Livestock feed is a growing business in Nepal (nt 30/05/2008)

Star hotels urged to add Nepali tea on menu (ht 23/05/2008)

Reform and perform or perish, by Dhruva Joshy (kp 20/05/2008)

Fertilizer shortage hits agriculture, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 17/05/2008)

Agriculture production up in Dang (ht 17/05/2008)

Agriculture fails to attract Newar youths (ht 16/05/2008)

Cereal output expected to increase 10pc (kp 14/05/2008)

Diesel crisis affects farmers, by Amrita Anmol (kp 12/05/2008)

Wheat production decreases, by Padam Sapkota (ht 09/05/2008)

Ilam tea goes green: Nepal’s organic teas now rival Darjeeling in world markets, by Pranaya SJB Rana (nt 09/05/2008)

‘Modernize farming to prevent food crisis’ (kp 08/05/2008)

Tomato price nosedives in Khandbari, by Surendra Subedi (kp 05/05/2008)

NFMA lauds proposed export ban on wheat (kp 24/04/2008)

Dang farmers stop selling milk (kp 23/04/2008), Strikes called off (ht 28/04/2008)

Commercial tea farming starts, by Kishor Budhathoki (ht 23/04/2008)

Rain water harvesting ends water woes, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 22/04/2008)

Row between tea farmers, management hits factory, by Roshan Sanwa (ht 22/04/2008)

Food insecurity and yield-boosters in Nepal, by Kapil Joshi (ht 21/04/2008)

Low output continues to plague farm sector (kp 28/03/2008)

New rice variety developed (kp 21/03/2008)

Bumper harvest brings down vegetable prices (kp 19/03/2008)

Govt urged to bring programmes to promote organic farming (ht 18/03/2008)

‘Wheat prices could shoot up’, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 13/03/2008)

Nepali coffee pulpers out (kp 12/03/2008)

Indigenous livestock breeds under threat, by Pragati Shahi (kp 28/02/2008)

Powdered milk factory and tea processing plants this year (kp 22/02/2008)

Bumper harvest brings vegetable prices down (kp 13/02/2008)

Dispute shuts down tea factory, by Biplav Bhattarai (kp 11/02/2008)

Agriculture and climate change, by Sudarshan P Regmi (kp 09/02/2008)

Indian policy shift threatens Nepali jute mills, by Binod Bhandari (kp 30/01/2008)

Vegetable prices plunge amid glut (kp 16/01/2008)

Rice shoots up to new high, by Binod Bhanadari (kp 16/01/2008)

Processed tea production surges (kp 11/01/2008)

Dairy farmers demand govt support (kp 06/01/2008)

Farmers stop sugarcane supply (kp 27/12/2007)

Agro technicians demand change in CADP implementation (kp 23/12/2007)

Lack of buyers cause ginger prices to plummet (kp 23/12/2007)

Entrepreneurs, farmers seek marketing support (kp 20/12/2007)

Paddy price at five-year high in east (kp 18/12/2007)

Government introduces dairy policy (kp 14/12/2007)

Crops set for impressive growth (kp 03/12/2007)

Paddy production in Dhanusa to triple (kp 29/11/2007)

Land reforms necessary to increase productivity (kp 27/11/2007)

Black cardamom at record high prices (kp 24/11/2007)

Speaker concerned over exploitation of tea farmers (kp 18/11/2007)

Thematic areas of horticulture, by B R Kaini (kp 18/11/2007)

Black rust troubles wheat experts (kp 16/11/2007)

Production of indigenous tea in limbo (kp 14/11/2007)

LSF setting sugarcane prices (kp 08/11/2007)

Ilam tea farmers going organic, by Biplav Bhattarai (kp 01/11/2007)

Farmers suffer from lack of cold storage (kp 28/10/2007)

Coffee farming gaining popularity, by Kul Chandra Neupane (kp 25/10/2007)

Dashain brings vegetable prices down (kp 25/10/2007)

Floriculturists await better govt policy (samn 19/10/2007)

Delivery of Mustang apples resumes (kp 23/09/2007)

Land reforms and agriculture, by B R Kaini (kp 22/09/2007)

Land reform: still a dream for Nepal farmers, by Ambar Mainali (Sunday Observer 09/09/2007)

Seed industry for overall development, by Nanu Jha (kp 04/09/2007)

NARC to focus on implementing research findings (kp 02/09/2007)

Livestock Farming: Trading Losses, by Bhagirath Yogi (sp 31/08/2007)

Poultry industry has transformed people’s lives, interview with Til Chandra Bhattarai (kp 27/08/2007)

Vegetable prices soar amid floods, landslides (kp 26/08/2007)

Climate change: Consequences On Agriculture, by Keshab Poudel (sp 24/08/2007)

Rural uplift & agriculture, by Girish P Pant (kp 16/08/2007)

Tobacco procurement price raised by 20 pc (kp 11/08/2007)

Agriculture hit hard by floods (kp 04/08/2007)

Squeezing pasture access affects sheep, goat rearing (kp 01/08/2007)

Research hampered at six government livestock farms (kp 28/07/2007)

MoAC unveils commercial agriculture policy (kp 26/07/2007)

Renewed effort to promote jute farming (kp 15/07/2007), Farmers demand govt fix jute price (kp 25/07/2007)

What ails our agricultural sector?, by B R Kaini (kp 11/07/2007)

Vegetable farmers fail to get good returns (kp 08/07/2007)

Urea shortage hits paddy crop (samn 07/07/2007)

NARC asks for Rs 495 m budget (samn 07/07/2007)

Coffee production rises by 40 pc (kp 01/07/2007)

DDC, private dairies hike milk price (kp 30/06/2007)

National Paddy Day today (nn 29/06/2007)

Coffee farming catches on (samn 25/06/2007)

Govt for single price of milk (kp 24/06/2007)

‘Ilam needs milk powder plant’ (samn 21/06/2007)

Private dairies flay DDC over milk price (kp 19/06/2007)

Tea farmers demand financial support from govt (nn 18/06/2007), Farmers demand 11 tea refineries in Ilam (kp 19/06/2007)

Child labour in agricultur sector (samn 12/06/2007)

Sales of inferior quality fertilizer rampant (kp 10/06/2007)

Mill defers payment to farmers (kp 07/06/2007)

Govt raises milk price (kp 07/06/2007)

Coffee farming (samn 03/06/2007)

Vegetable farming benefits farmers (samn 26/05/2007)

Earthworm farming (samn 26/05/2007)

Yarsagumba meadows lure Dolpa locals, by Bishnu Lal Budha (kp 25/05/2007)

Effort stressed to maintain tea quality (kp 25/05/2007)

Coffee export picks up (kp 24/05/2007)

Wheat production up by 8.68 percent (kp 23/05/2007)

Agriculture project brings change (samn 23/05/2007)

‘Overuse of chemical fertilisers bad' (samn 23/05/2007)

Farmers flock to sunflower farming (samn 21/05/2007)

Rhododendron wine: Boon for locals, by Pradeep Meyangbo (kp 20/05/2007)

Jab Seeder: tool for manual seeding, by Pragati Shahi (kp 20/05/2007)

Tea price plummet (samn 25/04/2007)

Tea farmers get raw deal (samn 17/04/2007)

Floriculture is getting popular (samn 10/04/2007)

7.5 million liters of milk go waste in Nepal (pd 10/04/2007)

DoI prepares for ambitious irrigation plan (nn 09/04/2007)

Foreigners, health conscious and well-off people have shown their interest in organic vegetables, interview with Dipak Shrestha, Manager Eco-Farm, Sundari Jal (tg 04/04/2007)

Harnessing inter-regional linkages through agriculture, by BR Kaini (kp 24/03/2007)

Opium farming booming in rural Parsa (samn 21/03/2007)

Foreign breeds a threat to indigenous crops, by Pragati Shahi (kp 19/03/2007)

90,000 tons of sugarcane dries up, by Bhim Ghimire (kp 04/03/2007)

Cold, rainfall ruin vegetables worth Rs 10m (kp 18/02/2007)

Dairy farmers losing Rs 600,000 per day (kp 07/02/2007)

Power subsidy for agro business soon (samn 31/01/2007)

Milk consumers not getting value for money (kp 29/01/2007)

Frost freezes farmers' earnings (kp 28/01/2007)

Imported rice irks Nepali farmers (kp 23/01/2007)

Cold takes toll of potato farming (kp 21/01/2007)

Organic farming thriving in Syangja (samn 21/01/2007)

Gulmeli coffee eyes US market (samn 09/01/2007)

Call to cut down on use of fertilisers (samn 09/01/2007)

Tea estate reopens (samn 04/01/2007)

Tea producers urged to expand market (samn 30/12/2006)

Farmers prefer selling to Indian sugar mills (kp 29/12/2006)

Ginger farmers’ woes (samn 29/12/2006)

Paddy production decreases (samn 27/12/2006)

Sugarcane farmers set to go on strike (samn 26/12/2006)

‘Agriculture Schools’ in Salyan, by Biplav Maharjan (kp 14/12/2006)

Call to promote trout farming (samn 09/12/2006)

Govt prepares agro policy, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 08/12/2006)

Irrigation ‘failure’ worries farmers (kp 07/12/2006)

Paddy production to slump by 12% (samn 07/12/2006)

Banana, pineapple bring in millions, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp 23/11/2006)

Agriculture stays on govt backburner (samn 23/11/2006)

Shallow tube wells change farmers’ lives, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp 20/11/2006)

Mustang apple hit (samn 19/11/2006)

A growing partnership (nt 17/11/2006)

A sweet future: Nepal's exotic, delicious honey could go places, by Mallika Aryal (nt 17/11/2006)

Banana farming flourishes in Chitwan (samn 12/11/2006)

Board fixes coffee prices (samn 05/11/2006)

Farming and rural poverty: Investing in agriculture will not reduce poverty, creating jobs will, by Kabindra Pradhan (nt 03/11/2006)

Farm fresh: Old and emerging veggie markets are in stiff competition, by Alok Tumbahangphey (nt 03/11/2006)

Commercialization od Agriculture: Fight Against Poverty, by Keshab Poudel (sp 03/11/2006)

Vegetable farmers seek fair share of market, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 28/10/2006)

Silk farming popular (samn 27/10/2006)

500 tons of apples go waste in mid-west (samn 19/10/2006)

‘Improve honey quality to push export’ (kp 14/10/2006)

Food for thought: Much-needed agricultural reforms can’t wait for elections, by CK Lal (nt 13/10/2006)

‘Agriculture needs modernisation' (samn 13/10/2006)

Orange production increases (samn 10/10/2006)

Killer disease haunts Tanahu farmers (samn 05/10/2006)

APPSP ‘fails to deliver’ (kp 05/10/2006)

Workers lock in tea estate offices (samn 24/09/2006)

Drought forces farmers to leave for India, by Jitendra Khadga (kp 03/09/2006)

Farmers warn of protests (kp 30/08/2006)

Tea estates resume operation, by Upendra Poudel (kp 29/08/2006)

Rs 200m relief package for farmers, by Krishna Regmi (kp 25/08/2006)

Committee formed to resolve tea estate woes (kp 22/08/2006), 'No wage hike without subsidy' (kp 23/08/2006)

Weak monsoon hits Terai paddy plantation, by Post B Basnet (kp 20/08/2006)

PM promises adequate fertilizer supply (kp 16/08/2006)

ICIMOD concerned at shifting cultivation (samn 10/08/2006)

Biotech crucial for agro growth: Thakur (samn 01/08/2006)

Tea workers in Ilam and Jhapa start agitation (kp 07/08/2006)

Nepali tea producers endorse Code of Conduct (nn 05/08/2006), Code of Conduct for orthodox tea industry (kp 05/08/2006)

National seed board approved improved version of local traditional rice of Pokhara (nn 13/07/2006)

Drought hits paddy plantation (samn 05/07/2006)

Business plan and agriculture, by Badri Pokhrel (kp 02/07/2006)

Parbat farmers export 15,000 tons of coffee (kp 25/06/2006)

Price of milk increases (nn 20/06/2006)

Setting Standards For Milk, by Hamenraj Shakya (rn 17/06/2006)

Coffee, tea and we: Next time you have coffee in Starbucks there’s a good chance the beans were grown in Nepal, by Daniel Haber (nt 16/06/2006)

Nepal's agricultural growth rate declines (People's Daily 01/06/2006), Agriculture growth to see decline (samn 01/06/2006)

Cereal crop production slides 1.43 pc (kp 23/05/2006)

Wheat production to fall by 3.35 pc (kp 21/05/2006)

Rice output to decline in Nepal (People's Daily 09/05/2006), Rice production likely to decline (samn 09/05/2006)

Agriculture contributes 38 pct to GDP of Nepal: Minister (People's Daily 09/05/2006)

It’s perfectly (eco)logical: Godavari’s unique appropriate technology theme park trains farmers from across the Himalaya (nt 05/05/2006)

Agricultural strategy to be unveiled (kp 04/05/2006)

Lack of feed affects poultry farmers (kp 14/04/2006)

‘Wheat production not to increase’ (samn 13/04/2006)

‘Rise in import affects farmers’ (kp 04/04/2006)

Banana farming gets popular (samn 02/04/2006)

Tea planters, processors at odds over leaf prices (kp 30/03/2006)

Poultry industry faces collapse in Nepal (People's Daily 26/03/2006)

Tea processing begins, by Benup Raj Bhattarai (kp 25/03/2006)

Chicken sales show gradual increase (kp 14/03/2006), Poultry industry to allay fears (samn 16/03/2006)

Paddy imports on rise in Nepal (People's Daily 28/02/2006), Paddy imports soar (kp 28/02/2006)

ADB to promote water saving rice production (kp 14/02/2006)

Banda affects livelihood of farmers (kp 09/02/2006)

Sugarcane farmers incurring losses (kp 09/02/2006)

Nepal's wheat production to decline 10 pct (People's Daily 08/02/2006), Wheat production to decline by 10 pc (kp 08/02/2006)

Tea Policy fails to achieve targets (kp 13/01/2006)

Milk holiday irks local farmers (kp 13/01/2006)

FAO data surprise officials (kp 12/01/2006)

Ginger output unlikely to be endangered (samn 01/01/2006)

Tea output increases (samn 26/12/2005)

Slow and steady: Neglect and conflict push Pyuthan farmers to self-help, by Alok Tumbahangphey (nt 23/12/2005)

Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration on Agriculture: Implications for Nepal, by Shivraj Bhatt (nn 23/12/2005)

EU viewing Nepali honey with bias (samn 17/12/2005)

Paddy production to decline by 2 pc (kp 16/12/2005), Paddy prices soar as production declines (kp 17/12/2005)

Certification of organic products on the anvil (kp 14/12/2005)

14.55m kg tea output (samn 11/12/2005)

‘Food testing lab a necessity’ (kp 10/12/2005)

Himalayan Java: promoting Nepali coffee (kp 05/12/2005)

Illegal tools in use to fool customers (samn 04/12/2005)

Modern storage facility for oranges (samn 04/12/2005)

Farmers establish seed bank (nn 02/12/2005)

Farm Is The Future: As Nepal faces extreme competition in international trade, it is learning that it needs to return to the basics of agribusiness to survive, by Sanjaya Dhjakal (sp 25/11/2005)

Farmers want sugarcane price raised (kp 23/11/2005)

Ginger farming popular in Mahottari (samn 22/11/2005)

Paddy production gets boost, by A. Sanam Bhaila (kp 20/11/2005)

Expansion of commercial crops stressed (kp 15/11/2005)

Nepal joins the bandwagon (Deccan Herald 08/11/2005)

Cardamom famring on hilly areas (samn 03/11/2005)

Mustang apple being sold in Nepal and abroad (nn 02/11/2005)

Honey exports to EU likely to resume (kp 26/10/2005)

Chicken sales decline by 30pc (kp 25/10/2005), Chicken sales drop due to fear of bird flu (nn 26/10/2005)

Farmers hit by Maoist diktat (samn 24/10/2005)

Onion price soaring in local market (nn 23/10/2005)

Techniques of tea manufacturing, a book review (kp 16/10/2005)

‘Nepal becoming country of marginal farmers’, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 09/10/2005)

Tea farmers to protest falling prices, by Madhav Ghimire (kp 05/10/2005)

Weak market links prevent tea export, by Madhav Ghimire (kp 04/10/2005)

Less is more: working miracles in Nepal's rice fields, by Kunda Dixit (Science and Development Network 15/09/2005)

Measures to safeguard local farmers sought (kp 07/09/2005)

Nepal farmers reap bumper harvest, by Charles Haviland (BBC News 02/09/2005)

Illegal poultry imports worry local farmers, by Madhab Dhungana (kp 28/08/2005)

Tea, coffee production goes up (kp 21/08/2005)

Indian rice flooding Nepali market, by Sujit Mahat (kp 15/08/2005)

Drought hits sugarcane farming (kp 05/08/2005)

Drought hits paddy cultivation (kp 29/07/2005)

Farm Management In Nepal The Gender Perspective, by Sangeeta Manandhar (rn 22/07/2005)

Low tea prices hurting farmers badly (samn 20/07/2005)

The miracle is it’s no miracle: Seeing is believing for rice farmers in eastern Nepal who are reaping bumper paddy harvests from fewer seeds, by Kunda Dixit (nt 15/07/2005)

Coffee cultivation catches on (samn 04/07/2005)

No rainfall, Parbat farmers worry for paddy plantation (rn 01/07/2005)

Unpopular strategy (kp 28/01/2005)

Climate & Agriculture, by Bidur Prasad Upadhyay (rn 23/01/2005)

Fish farming attracts farmers (kp 18/01/2005)

WB, IMF obstructing agro-subsidy: Minister Dahal (kp 17/01/2005), Farmers unable to benefit from subsidy (kp 20/01/2005)

Achieving a Double-digit Growth: The Centrality of Farm-Industry Linkages, by Hari Krishna Upadhyaya (sp 14/01/2005); see also part 2 (21/01/2005)

‘Consolidate agriculture marketing system’ (rn 13/01/2005)

Manahara to host largest vegetable market (kp 13/01/2005)

Nuwakot farmers want more for milk (rn 12/01/2005)

Decline in exports reduce paddy prices, by Binod Bhandari (kp 11/01/2004)

NTDCL: Blazing tea trail, by Chandan Sapkota (kp 10/01/2005)

Blow To The Farmers: The reduction in the import tariff on sugar deals another blow to the sugarcane farmers already suffering from low prices, by Thakur Amgai (sp 07/01/2005)

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Background

HMG, Ministry of Agriculture, Fertilizer Unit