Kathmandu, May 17 -- Youth leaders from Karnali, one of Nepal's impoverished regions, have urged the Israeli government to support the province through technology transfer, technical cooperation and investment opportunities to improve agricultural processing and value addition.

They stressed that the modernisation and mechanisation of agriculture are essential to transform Karnali's traditional farming system and accelerate regional development.

"We held discussions with the Israeli ambassador in Kathmandu on agricultural modernisation and the global promotion of indigenous crops," said Ashish Devkota, a Nepali Congress-affiliated student leader and former central committee member.

According to Devkota, the discussions focused on agric...