Deuba stresses need for making Nepal self-reliant on food

Kathmandu: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has stressed the need for making Nepal self-reliant on food.

Addressing a program on the theme of ‘Situation of food security in Nepal’ jointly organized by the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) and Quarter Master General, the Nepal Army in Kathmandu today, Prime Minister  Deuba pressed for materializing Nepal’s abundance potential to produce enough food items needed for the country.

The Prime Minister said the agriculture modernization project launched by the government could help resolve problems related to food security.

On the occasion, Brigadier General of Nepal Army Krishna Raj Acharya, who is also the assistant coordinator for the NSCS, gave a presentation on the discussions and conclusions taken from working papers presented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, the National Planning Commission and the Policy Research Institute.