Kathmandu:Four enhanced varieties of sugarcane have been handed over by the Indian government to Nepal to bolster the country’s sugarcane research and development efforts.
According to National News Agency Nepal, the handover took place during a program organized on Monday. The sugarcane varieties were developed by the Indian Sugarcane Research Institute in Lucknow. The National Sugarcane Crop Research Programme, in collaboration with the Indian Sugarcane Research Institute, facilitated the transfer of these varieties to Nepal.
The seeds of the improved sugarcane varieties were handed to Shreemat Shrestha, Executive Director of the Nepal Agriculture Research Centre, by Nisha, the First Secretary of the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu.
Dil Raj Yadav, Coordinator of the National Sugarcane Programme, highlighted that these new varieties offer higher productivity and greater sugar content compared to previous types.
In Nepal, sugarcane is cultivated over approximately 53,000 hectares, with the average yield being about 50 metric tonnes per hectare.