Nepal, July 7 -- Paddy transplantation has begun across the country with the onset of monsoon this year.

And farmers have not faced shortage of chemical fertilizers like in previous years. More than 40,500 metric tons of chemical fertilizers have been sold and distributed in the first 19 days of the month of Asar.

According to government data, a total of 40,569.25 metric tons of chemical fertilizers have reached farmers' fields through Agricultural Inputs Company Limited and Salt Trading Corporation.

"In the past years, farmers were forced to suffer due to lack of chemical fertilizers during the main paddy transplanting season," says Deepa Dahal, press and research expert to the Prime Minister. "But this time, the government has mad...