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    Nepal spends 14 billion rupees to import potatoes and onions

    • Last Update: 2022-08-15
    • Source: Internet
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    "Xinxing Daily" reported on August 2: According to the annual statistics of the Nepal Customs Department, 153 billion rupees of potatoes and onions were imported in the 2021/22 fiscal yea.
    Imports increased slightly compared to the 2020/21 financial yea.
     
    Basu Dev Kar, director of Nepal's National Potato, Vegetable and Spice Crop Development Center, said that Nepal's production potential is huge, but the import volume of potatoes and onions is still hi.
    Locally produced potatoes meet 90% of annual consumption, while domestically produced onions meet only 20% of dema.
    Imports will be relied upon until production is increased by encouraging farmers to produce onions commercial.
     
    Most of the onions on the market are imported from India, with a very small number from Chi.
    Therefore, the price of onions in the local market depends on their prices in the Indian mark.
    Local onion production has been increasing over the past few yea.
    About 290,000 tons of onions are produced annually on about 20,400 hectares of la.
     
    Director Carr said the government has been working on various programmes in potential areas to increase potato productivity and producti.
    Quality seeds, irrigation and mechanization are necessary to increase the productivity of crops and vegetabl.
     
    Currently, the lack of potato production technology and the selection of high-quality seeds according to soil properties are the main problems for potato developme.
    Price volatility in major potato producing areas and regions also discourages farmers from commercializing th.
    The government will give priority to developing and expanding potato production areas in potential areas, improving potato seed production and quality control systems in the private and public sectors, providing technical support for seed potato production and storage, and distributing extension materials to farmers and all growers to improve potato producti.
    production technolo.
    Customs imported potatoes and onions
     
    Basu Dev Kar, director of Nepal's National Potato, Vegetable and Spice Crop Development Center, said that Nepal's production potential is huge, but the import volume of potatoes and onions is still hi.
    Locally produced potatoes meet 90% of annual consumption, while domestically produced onions meet only 20% of dema.

    Imports will be relied upon until production is increased by encouraging farmers to produce onions commercial.

     
    Most of the onions on the market are imported from India, with a very small number from Chi.

    Therefore, the price of onions in the local market depends on their prices in the Indian mark.

    Local onion production has been increasing over the past few yea.

    About 290,000 tons of onions are produced annually on about 20,400 hectares of la.

     
    Director Carr said the government has been working on various programmes in potential areas to increase potato productivity and producti.

    Quality seeds, irrigation and mechanization are necessary to increase the productivity of crops and vegetabl.

     
    Currently, the lack of potato production technology and the selection of high-quality seeds according to soil properties are the main problems for potato developme.

    Price volatility in major potato producing areas and regions also discourages farmers from commercializing th.

    The government will give priority to developing and expanding potato production areas in potential areas, improving potato seed production and quality control systems in the private and public sectors, providing technical support for seed potato production and storage, and distributing extension materials to farmers and all growers to improve potato producti.

    production technolo.

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