The government has allocated a budget of Rs 57.48 billion to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development for the next financial year.

On Thursday, Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel said in the joint meeting of the Parliament that a total of 57.48 billion rupees has been allocated for agriculture and livestock development in the budget of the next financial year. In which, the government has put forward schemes such as subsidies for the purchase of chemical fertilizers, incentives for farmers to use organic fertilizers, and pilot programs for the control of agricultural pests such as monkeys.

Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Insurance Program, Chaite Paddy Promotion Program, Irrigated Area Expansion Program through Small Irrigation, National Fruit Orange, Commercial Fruit, Vegetable, Sheep/Goat and Cow/Buffalo Promotion Program targeting major highways and road corridors including central hills have been prioritized.

Similarly, high mountain targeted orange, apple, walnut, yak, chawni promotion, winter maize/mid-mountain maize production and maize seed production program, Raithane crop promotion program, local and Raithane crop/seed variety registration facilitation program, agricultural biodiversity conservation and community seed bank strengthening program, area expansion and production increase program in zone/superzone area through National Agricultural Modernization Program as a priority He said that it was kept.

Similarly, the budget has given priority to conducting organic agriculture promotion and soil health improvement campaign, promoting agricultural entrepreneurship, padapadi raising and buffalo production promotion program for meat export, epidemic animal disease and rodent disease control program and animal breed improvement.

Farmer registration program, 'One village, one technician' program for technical manpower management at the local level, extension of pesticide inspection scope and awareness program regarding pesticide use, construction of regional level modern agricultural market in Semlar in Butwal, upgrading of federal agricultural market and agricultural produce market at local level, construction of collection center, cold chamber and processing structure, determination and implementation of minimum support price of crops, seed production, supply and distribution management program, exportable crops The budget has prioritized programs such as increasing the production of tea, coffee, cardamom, churppi, facilitating organic certification and export, upgrading agriculture, animal husbandry and food laboratories, utilizing barren land.