Kathmandu, September 18
The government has formally decided to borrow 50 metric tonnes of urea, a chemical fertiliser, from Bangladesh to combat the fertiliser crisis in Nepal.
A cabinet meeting held on Thursday approved the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development’s proposal in this regard, informs a source in the ministry.
The ministry says a fast-track tender process will be adopted to pack the fertiliser into sacks and supply to Nepal.
Officials of the two counties have already agreed that Nepal will borrow 50 metric tonnes of fertilisers, which Nepal will return within eight months. Prime ministers of both countries had made a telephone conversation to make a deal earlier this month.
Nepali farmers are hit by the fertiliser crunch for the past few months.
