Gandaki, July 30: The districts of the Gandaki Province recorded around 85 per cent of paddy seedlings transplantation till the last week of July, the Province Agriculture Development Directorate said.
Paddy seedlings transplantation was done in some 80,000 hectares of land, the Directorate stated.
The Directorate has estimated that paddy seedlings transplantation is likely to be done in some 94,000 hectares of land in the province.
Baglung district recorded the highest of its target with 95 per cent followed by Lamjung (93.18%) while paddy seedlings transplantation was done in slightly more than 78 per cent of the targets in Nawalpur and Gorkha districts.
Agricultural Economist at the Directorate, Manoj Paudel, said paddy seedlings transplantation was slightly delayed in the areas where people rely on rainwater for the farming.
Most of the parts in the province will complete paddy transplantation by the next week if the province receives rainfall, Paudel shared. Paddy farming is done in all districts except Mustang and Manang in the province.
