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Nepal has more than 50% of people engaged in agriculture. Food grains contributed 76 percent of total crop production in 1988–89. In 1989-90 despite poor weather conditions and a lack of agricultural inputs, particularly fertilizer, there was a production increase of 5 percent.
Local areas each have a District Agriculture Development Office (DADO). [citation needed] The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development is the central apex body of Government of Nepal to look after the agriculture and allied fields. [3] The current minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development is Ram Nath Adhikari.
The economy of Nepal is a developing category and is largely dependent on agriculture and remittances. [6] Until the mid-20th century Nepal was an isolated pre-industrial society, which entered the modern era in 1951 without schools, hospitals, roads, telecommunications , electric power, industry, or civil service.
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Agriculture is the main GDP contributor for the economy of Nepal and fertilisers play a vital role. The annual average fertiliser requirement in Nepal to replenish the soil nutrition is 310 kg per hectare but only 29 kg of fertiliser is added to the soil. [1] Fifty per cent of nutrient loss from the soil occurs during the early monsoon. [2]
Labour force availability (as of 2006) map. Nepal has a labour force of 16.8 million workers, the 37th largest in the world as of 2017. [1] Although agriculture makes up only about 28 per cent of Nepal's GDP, it employs more than two-thirds of the workforce. [2]
[1] [2] [3] One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister responsible for growth and development of agriculture and livestock sector is an ex-officio member of Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Nepal Veterinary Council and National Tea and Coffee Development Board.
The Nepal Farmers Association is the most peasant's wing of Nepali Congress established in 1951. [1] The association was formed by first people's elected prime minister BP Koirala in 1951. The association aims to ensure peasant rights and develop the agriculture sector.