The Ministry of Agricultural Development has announced that ID cards will be issued to farmers to facilitate access to agricultural services.
The project which will be implemented as a pilot project in five districts, one each in the five development regions, aims to connect small and marginalized farmers and services offered by the government. The scheme was announced under the ministry’s common policy and programmes unveiled on Monday, which is slated to be completed within 100 days. The ministry said that guidelines for the farmers’ ID card would be prepared by May 14 and that distribution would be completed by July 15.
The policy and programmes has targeted involving 1,200 selected youths in commercial agricultural activities. It is scheduled to be completed by mid-July and aims to engage 800 farmers in vegetable production, 150 in fishery and 250 in animal husbandry. The participation of young people in the farm sector has dropped sharply mainly because it has become highly unattractive due to high production cost and labour-intensive nature.
Nepal’s agriculture is presently passing through its worst time due to being at the bottom of the government’s priority list. Ministry officials said that the success of the selected farmers could motivate other young people to take up agriculture as a career. The ministry has already prepared a guideline for the programme, and plans to spend Rs 120 million this fiscal year. It has also decided to increase the subsidy on insurance premiums. The subsidy on the premium for insuring crops and livestock will be raised to 75 percent from 50 percent by mid-May.
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The project which will be implemented as a pilot project in five districts, one each in the five development regions, aims to connect small and marginalized farmers and services offered by the government. The scheme was announced under the ministry’s common policy and programmes unveiled on Monday, which is slated to be completed within 100 days. The ministry said that guidelines for the farmers’ ID card would be prepared by May 14 and that distribution would be completed by July 15.
The policy and programmes has targeted involving 1,200 selected youths in commercial agricultural activities. It is scheduled to be completed by mid-July and aims to engage 800 farmers in vegetable production, 150 in fishery and 250 in animal husbandry. The participation of young people in the farm sector has dropped sharply mainly because it has become highly unattractive due to high production cost and labour-intensive nature.
Nepal’s agriculture is presently passing through its worst time due to being at the bottom of the government’s priority list. Ministry officials said that the success of the selected farmers could motivate other young people to take up agriculture as a career. The ministry has already prepared a guideline for the programme, and plans to spend Rs 120 million this fiscal year. It has also decided to increase the subsidy on insurance premiums. The subsidy on the premium for insuring crops and livestock will be raised to 75 percent from 50 percent by mid-May.
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