Agricultural Supply Company's Janakpur Office Distributes Over NPR 430 Million in Chemical Fertilizers in Eight Months

Janakpurdham. The Janakpurdham branch office of the Agricultural Inputs Company Limited, owned by the Government of Nepal, has distributed chemical fertilizers worth NPR 433.887 million in the first eight months of the current fiscal year.

Office Chief Vechan Kumar Sah informed that during this period, the office sold 8,158 metric tons of Urea worth NPR 138.767 million, 6,320 metric tons of DAP worth NPR 297.907 million, and 188 metric tons of Potash worth NPR 4.322 million.

The office distributes chemical fertilizers to farmers in Dhanusha and Mahottari districts based on recommendations from the respective local levels. The chemical fertilizers are being sold through 212 authorized dealers across 27 local levels in both districts. According to data released by the office, the warehouse currently holds 1,192 metric tons of Urea, 838 metric tons of DAP fertilizer, and 361 metric tons of Potash.

He stated that the required chemical fertilizers for the current season are in stock at the warehouse. Chief Sah mentioned that the concerned bodies have not yet come to collect the chemical fertilizers allocated for the farmers of the local levels. In the last fiscal year, the office sold chemical fertilizers worth NPR 350 million. Farmers in the border areas of Dhanusha and Mahottari have been purchasing and bringing chemical fertilizers from the Indian border.