Rice transplanting improves on last year’s pace

Transplanting has reached 97.48 percent, up from 94 percent last year, with Madhesh making the biggest gain and officials expecting higher production. Prakriti Dahal Rice transplanting is nearing completion across Nepal, with farmers having covered 97.48 percent of the country’s paddy fields by August 14, compared with 94 percent at the same stage last year. […] The post Rice transplanting…