Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development, Madan Prasad Pariyar, said that the government is preparing to develop an online system in an effort to make the distribution of government-subsidized chemical fertilizers more farmer-friendly and transparent.

During a visit to inspect government offices concerned with agriculture and livestock in the Parsa and Bara districts on Saturday, and separate interactions with farmers, Minister Pariyar said there were certain problems in the existing fertilizer distribution system, and hence the government aims at making it genuinely farmer-oriented.

He said, "There have been complaints that the real farmers are not getting subsidized fertilizers easily and fairly. To address such grievances, we are developing an online system where it will be recorded how much fertilizer each farmer has received. This will soon come into operation." The government had been purchasing fertilizers with a huge amount of money and providing these to farmers at subsidized rates, but there were some issues in the distribution system that remain and which we are trying to improve.

He further mentioned that due to the misconduct of local municipalities and cooperatives, firms or companies authorized to sell and distribute fertilizers, real farmers are being deprived of receiving them.

He added, "We are creating a system where it will be possible to view online how much fertilizer farmers of each municipality have received. This will also help in assessing who received fertilizers and who didn't. The system will help put an end to the influence and misuse by those with special access." He also informed that the government is developing an online mechanism to permanently resolve issues in the distribution of subsidized fertilizers. "We are preparing a data-driven online structure where it will be possible to see which cooperative received how much fertilizer and which farmers benefited from it. We expect that this will make it easier to prevent the misuse of subsidized fertilizers," he added.

The government currently has fixed the import price of urea fertilizer at Rs 14 per kilogram, DAP at Rs 43 per kilogram, and potash at Rs 31 per kilogram. Minister Pariyar said the government had been purchasing fertilizers at a high cost and providing them to the farmers at low subsidized rates. "The demand for fertilizers has been increasing every year," he said. "Although the government has been purchasing around 450,000 to 500,000 metric tons of chemical fertilizers annually, it is still not enough to meet the total demand of farmers. Therefore, the farmers should also move toward using organic fertilizers." He assured that, unlike in past years, there would not be a shortage of fertilizers this year.

In another context, Minister Pariyar informed that the Ministry has already submitted a proposal to the Council of Ministers to continue the subsidy of Rs. 70 per quintal for sugarcane farmers. “We are serious about the problems of sugarcane farmers,” he said. “The Ministry is working on necessary coordination in this regard.”

The Minister also stressed the need for mechanization in agriculture. "Through mechanization, we could make a giant leap in the agricultural sector," said Sachin Mishra, Chief of the Agricultural Tools Research Centre, Ranighat, adding that the cost of cultivation can be reduced and productivity enhanced with the use of agricultural tools. "It is time the government gave special emphasis to agricultural mechanization," he added.

Similarly, Bishweshwar Prasad Yadav, Chief of the Agriculture Research Directorate, Parwanipur, says that the Directorate has started buffalo farming under its livestock program. “We are continuously working on adopting modern agricultural practices. And for this, support from the government is necessary in agricultural research, study, and mechanization,” he added. According to Dr. Ajit Jha, Deputy Chief of the National Poultry Research Program, the government should provide a suitable environment for bringing eggs of improved poultry breeds for research purposes. "Currently, it is very difficult to import eggs of improved poultry breeds into Nepal for research and study. The Ministry of Agriculture must facilitate the process for research purposes," he said. He also visited Salt Trading Corporation and Agriculture Inputs Company Limited’s provincial office in Birgunj on Saturday to take stock of the availability of chemical fertilizers and salt. Similarly, he met with sugarcane farmers at the National Sugarcane Research Program in Fattepur, Bara; sugarcane farmers of Ward No. 8, Jeetpur Simara Sub-Metropolitan City; fish farmers of Kolhabi, Bara; and banana farmers of Nijgadh.

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