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The price of gold has increased by Rs 400 per tola in the domestic market on Sunday. According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the precious yellow metal is being traded at Rs 99, 500 per tola today. The yellow bullion was traded at Rs 99, 100 per tola on Friday. Meanwhile, the price of silver has increased by Rs 25 per tola and is being traded at Rs 1, 370 today.

The annual production of paddy has increased in the Chitwan district this year. Paddy production has increased by 11,486 metric tons in the district this year, according to the Agriculture Knowledge Centre Bharatpur. A total of 96,482 metric tons of paddy was produced in an area of 22,972 hectares this year. In the last fiscal year 2078/79, the district had produced 84,996 metric tons of rice in the same area of land, said Information Officer of the center, Min Bahadur Pun. Last year, the production was 3.7 metric tons of paddy per hectare, which increased by 4.2 percent to reach 3.79 per hectare this year. According to the center, production has increased due to reduction in outbreaks of disease and awareness among farmers, paddy promotion program and farmers managing fertilizers through alternative means in the absence of chemical fertilizers. Although paddy is cultivated all across the district, east Chitwan, west Chitwan and Madi are considered as pocket areas for paddy farming. In Chitwan, different varieties of paddy such as Sawa Mansuli, Bar, Sabitri, Moti, Gorakhnath, Jiramsino are cultivated.

Oil seed cultivation has increased in Bara this year. Farmers in the district have cultivated oil seeds in an area of 10,300 hectares, according to the Agriculture Knowledge Centre. Oilseed cultivation last year was 10,270. Chief of the center Jitendra Yadav said that productivity of oil seed crops has been one metric ton per hectare for the past few years. In the financial year 2072/73, the productivity was 1.10 metric tons per hectare. Likewise, between the years 2073 to 2077, farmers cultivated oilseeds in an area of 11,000 to 12,000 hectares. Yadav said that there is a decrease in productivity due to lack of quality seeds, farmers forced to use the seeds they have at home, not using as much fertilizer as needed.  

The price of gold has increased by Rs 1, 000 per tola in the domestic market on Friday. According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the precious yellow metal is being traded at Rs 99, 100 per tola today. The yellow bullion was traded at Rs 98, 100 per tola on Thursday.