Kathmandu, May 4 -- The government on Monday granted in-principle approval to the Agriculture Inputs Company to procure 80,000 tonnes of chemical fertiliser from India under a government-to-government (G2G) arrangement, as global supply disruptions and soaring prices triggered by the West Asia war strain Nepal's farm input system.

The one-time procurement, to be made within the framework of the 2022 G2G agreement, includes 60,000 tonnes of urea and 20,000 tonnes of Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP). Nepal had originally requested 150,000 tonnes.

"We will move ahead with the import process immediately after receiving the Cabinet's formal decision," said Ram Krishna Shrestha, joint secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Developm...