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Bheriganga (Surkhet), July 26. Karnali produced 550,000 tonnes of food grains in the fiscal year 2080/2081. According to the Karnali Provincial Department of Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives, food grain production was 552,930 tonnes.
Among them, Karnali has the highest corn production. Last year, corn production was 219,802 tons. Since then, wheat production has been 152,621 tons and rice production has been 145,63 tons.
In terms of production, Karnali ranks third in rice production. According to the Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives, the production is 11,500 56 tons of millet, 16,300 10 tons of wheat and 3,000 88 tons of barley.
Likewise, 1,819 tonnes of Uwa, 1,681 tonnes of Chino, 936 tonnes and 45 tonnes of Kaguno and 45 tonnes of Latte were reportedly produced.
२३ one thousand Metric food not enough
It is understood that the annual food deficit in the province is more than 23,000 tons. According to statistics, the annual food deficit in the province is 23,403 tons. According to the 2078 national census, the population of Karnali Province is 1,608,8412 people.
Based on this figure, Karnali people need 201 kg of food grains per year. Currently, Karnali produces 320,890 tons of food grains per year.
Tilak Prasad Pandey, an agricultural extension officer at the Department of Agriculture Development, said Karnali needs 344,324 tonnes of food grains to achieve complete self-sufficiency in food grains. In terms of districts, only Salyan, Dheleh and Surkhet can achieve food grain self-sufficiency. Pandey said the other seven districts cannot rely on their own production to sustain the whole year.
Surkhet produced 91,033 tons of food grains and was self-sufficient in food grains. According to the bureau, the stock in Surkhet was 4,867 tons.
Similarly, Salyan is also a self-sufficient region in food grains. Salyan requires 47,788 tonnes of food grains per year, but the actual production is 52,374 tonnes. According to Pandey, Dailekh produces 56,812 tonnes per year.
While Dailekh requires 50,361 tonnes of food grains. The other seven districts have not achieved food grain self-sufficiency.
Even now, 5,990 tons of food grains in Dholpa are not enough. Humla has 8,565 tons of food grains per year, Mugu has 6,439 tons of food grains, and Jumla has 3,500 tons of food grains per year.
According to the Department of Agricultural Development, Kalikot has an annual food shortage of 103,017 tonnes, Rukum Paschim has an annual food shortage of 16,015 tonnes, and Jayakot has a food shortage of 4,299,900 tonnes.
This year, corn and rice crops were damaged in some areas by hurricanes, and food stocks were damaged by earthquakes.
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