Farmers in Chitwan fail to get minimum support price for paddy

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२७ जेष्ठ २०८३, बुधबार १२:१८June 10, 2026

Chitwan. Farmers have not been able to get the support price of paddy fixed by the state.

Ram Sharan Pathak, chairman of the Small Farmers Agriculture Cooperatives Limited, said that paddy cultivated in one thousand hectares of land has not got the support price.TAG_OPEN_div_19

Most of the farmers of the Small Farmers Agriculture Cooperatives Ltd in Khairahani Municipality of eastern Chitwan have not received the support price.TAG_OPEN_div_17 The farmers are unhappy as they have not even received the support price. Ranjit Poudel, secretary of Rapti Agriculture and Livestock Group of Bharatpur Metropolitan City-28, said farmers are disappointed as they have not received the support price.

Chaite 5, Hardinath 1, PR and Tychin paddy were cultivated in the district.TAG_OPEN_div_15

Ranjit Poudel, secretary of the Rapti Agriculture and Livestock Group of Bharatpur Metropolitan City-28, said that farmers have been facing problems due to lack of support price.TAG_OPEN_div_13

Jhalaknath Kandel, chief of Agriculture Development Office, Chitwan, accused the government of delaying in fixing the support price of Chaite paddy.TAG_OPEN_div_11 Chaite paddy has been cultivated in nine thousand hectares of land in Chitwan this year.