Farmers sing and dance in the paddy fields, beginning the plantation of rice with the onset of the monsoon.
Farmers sing and dance in the paddy fields, beginning the plantation of rice with the onset of the monsoon.
Rice is cultivated on 47 per cent of the total cultivable land in Nepal but the country still imports some from neighbours, especially India.
The government hopes to be self-sufficient in rice production by developing disease-resistant varieties and expanding irrigation facilities.
