Pokhara Metropolitan City Distributes Over Six Tons of Subsidized Corn Seeds to Local Farmers

Kaski. Pokhara Metropolitan City has distributed over six tons of corn seeds at a subsidy to farmers within the metropolis.

Manahar Kadariya, Chief of the Agriculture Development Branch of the Metropolitan City, informed that the corn seeds were distributed at a 50 percent subsidy with the objective of attracting farmers towards corn cultivation within the metropolis. According to him, 1,100 kg of 'Rampur Composite' variety seeds, 3,100 kg of 'Arun-2' variety seeds, and 2,010 kg of 'Manakamana-3' variety seeds were distributed to the farmers. The corn seeds, priced at NPR 110 per kilogram, were distributed at a 50 percent subsidy.

Kadariya further informed that seeds were provided to more than 500 farmers who applied after the Metropolitan City issued a public notice for the distribution of subsidized seeds. He stated that corn is cultivated on approximately six thousand hectares in the metropolitan area.