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The editorial published in Kantipur on 17th November titled 'Annual lack of fertilizer, stress on farmers' is so accurate that the government should study it. Because the farmers of Nepal, which is known as 'agricultural country', lack fertilizer just when they need it. But there is no interest or initiative of the government to supply.
As a result, even if you try to cultivate the arable land, if you do not get fertilizer in time, the production will decrease, and finally the economic condition of the country will be miserable. For example, when planting last year's crops, the production decreased due to the lack of fertilizers and the farmers were in trouble, but now even when planting the winter crops, the farmers are scattered due to the lack of fertilizers.
Since the government does not compensate for the lack of fertilizer, the farmers are forced to take risks, but it is expensive, but the cost naturally increases when they have to buy from traders. Bringing through the Indian border is punishable by legal provisions as well as taking risks. On the other hand, such risky work encourages black market and creates chaos.
Barely imported fertilizers are distributed through quotas based on local government demand. Fertilizers are available on the basis of political access, which leads to uneven distribution of sales. For the import of fertilizers, billions of dollars are sent abroad every year.
When about 70 percent of Nepalis are engaged in agriculture, isn't it a shame that there is a shortage of fertilizer and the government is unwilling/delayed to supply it? On the other hand, when the government is unable to supply fertilizer, the government also has the experience of distributing the fertilizer bought from the border area by the local farmers when it is recovered from the middle of the road.
Not only that, everyone has heard that KP Oli announced to establish a fertilizer factory in Nepal. How much can we believe the talk of opening a fertilizer factory in the country by a helpless head of government who is not interested in importing fertilizer from his own mechanism and cannot arrange to supply fertilizer to the farmers when they need it? If the farmers really have the will to supply fertilizers and seeds on time, then by organizing the 'G2G' process, fertilizers can be introduced easily and easily.
In the case of fertilizer shortage, even if the fertilizer distribution management guidelines are revised in time, is it not possible to ensure that the farmers can get the required fertilizer? Who stopped the government from bringing the discussion of opening a fertilizer factory in the country into reality? The government should be able to protect the rights and needs of farmers by providing fertilizer to farmers on time, even if it is through importation.
– Gangaraj Aryal, Panini-8, Arghakhanchi
