Dang, Nov. 22: Paddy production has increased by 10 percent in Dang district this year compared to the last year. The district produced 178,700 metric tonnes of paddy this year, the District Agriculture Knowledge Centre said.
Sufficient rain and timely supplies of fertilizers contributed to increased paddy production, it is said.
Centre’s Information Office Prithvi Raj Lamichhane said paddy farming was done in 36,108 hectares of land in the district.
The farmers in Dang district have produced Sabitri, Radha-4, Sunaulo Sugandha, Loktantra, Gorakhnath, US 312, among other types of paddy.
