Agriculture hit hard by floods in Nepal
Xinhua, Kathmandu
Incessant rain followed by widespread floods and landslides have rendered loss of crops worth millions of rupees across Nepal, The Kathmandu Post reported Saturday.According to Hari Dahal, spokesperson of Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoAC), paddy and maize worth 2.4 million Nepali rupees (some 36,923 US dollars) were swept away in Darchula and Kailali districts in the far western region of the country. Flash floods also destroyed 39 hectares of standing paddy along with some parwar (pointed gourd) plantation in Kanchanpur in far-western Nepal. As per the survey carried out by district units of MoAC, 75 to 80 percent of standing paddy was damaged in Banke, Bardia and Rupandehi districts, all leading districts for rice cultivation. Likewise, flood damaged 5,000 hectares of vegetable plantations in Bara and Rautahat districts while Sarlahi witnessed damage of 75 percent of its vegetable farming.
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