NFC procuring rice for Far-Western Province hilly districts

July 18, Kathmandu: The Nepal Food Corporation(NFC) is going to buy rice to transport to some of the mountainous districts in Far-West Province since the unseasonal-rain triggered flood caused damage to crops there last year.

The Food Management and Trading Company is in the process to purchase 32,000 quintal of Mota rice and 5,000 quintal of Jeera rice to transport to districts such as Humla, Mugu, Bajura, Bajhang and Darchula.

Flood last year had damaged crops cultivated across 181,000 hectare land in Far-West province.

Around 30 percent of crops in Kailali and Kanchhanpur district were damaged in the natural disasters as well.

The Company had been buying paddy and transporting rice after threshing rice to hilly districts through contract process. This time it is buying rice directly for the first time due to decline in quantity and quality of rice production.