South Asian News Network

Ramnath Adhikari, the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development, met with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to talk about agricultural concerns and initiatives. Chemical fertilizer stock, the Prime Minister’s Agricultural Modernization Project, the Agricultural Investment Decade, and National Agricultural Policy were the main topics of discussion. Oli called for a fertilizer industry to be established, a quicker, more transparent production and distribution of chemical fertilizers, and a focus on organic use. Additionally, he called for prompt bidding for chemical fertilizers and their distribution within ten days in the Terai and fifteen days in the hills. The forthcoming Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation was another topic of discussion at the meeting.