2.5 Million Farmers Registered in National Farmer Registration System

Kathmandu. Approximately 2.5 million farmers across the country have been affiliated with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Environment's farmer registration system.

Farmers have been registered based on their land details and farming production. Farmers have been registered through an electronic system with the objective of providing necessary concessions and facilities based on production increase, informed Sanjeev Pandit, an official at the Agriculture Information Center. He stated that out of the 4.13 million farmers according to the Agriculture Census, 2078, the work of registering the remaining more than 1.6 million farmers is also underway.

"After listing all the farmers, the ministry has planned to classify them into four types: subsistence farmers, small farmers, medium farmers, and large farmers," he said, "After classification, programs such as distributing identity cards and connecting them to the electronic information system will be carried out. Based on the identity card, it will be easier for the government to provide facilities including subsidized chemical fertilizers, seeds, subsidies, and service management."

Farmer information and data have been collected in coordination with local levels across the country. The center has also called on farmers to register their names in this program.