After the Indian government tightened the border area, there has been a problem of manure in Nepal. In the border area of India's Bahraich district, which is connected to Bardia, strict measures have been taken after the shortage of fertilizer stock.

Since there is a problem of fertilizer in the district, the local administration had given permission to bring it in for the farmers. 25% of fertilizers used to enter Bardia illegally from India. Fertilizers were distributed to Indians on the basis of Aadhaar card in the past, but now the fertilizer coming from India has been stopped after the landowners demanded compensation.

Deepak Chowdhury, a farmer of Gulria Municipality-10, said that he has stopped importing fertilizers after the restrictions on fertilizers in the border Indian market. The official price of urea fertilizer is 272 rupees, he said, "The black market has been selling fertilizer for 1,000 to 1,100 rupees. Urea fertilizer in Nepal is 894 rupees 50 paisa per bag.'' After the lack of fertilizer started appearing in the border Indian market, the farmers here complain that they are not able to sow the fields due to the lack of fertilizer from cooperatives. Local farmer Hari Raidas said that fertilizer is available in the

cooperative. "Furtilizer is not available even if we wait all day," he said. Till a month ago, the farmers who were bringing in as much fertilizer as possible are now expressing their anger towards the government's measures saying that the production will decrease.' 

Agricultural materials company, Bardia has said that it has distributed 683 tons of fertilizer to cooperatives in the last financial year. Lal Bahadur Tharu, Acting Manager of the company, said that there is a problem in the district due to India's tightening of fertilizers. He says that there is not enough fertilizer according to the demand of farmers.