INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 9Kikuta Yutaka, ambassador of Japan to Nepal, signed a grant
contract with Shiva Rimal, president of Volunteer Nepal National Group, for the construction of a new turmeric processing centre and the
provision of agricultural equipment in Pyuthan district
The signing ceremony was held at the Embassy of Japan in Kathmandu today.
Newly-appointed US Ambassador Thompson arrives in Nepal
The project is funded under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects of
the Japanese Government and involves a grant of USD 81,180 (approximately Rs 10 million).
According to Japanese Embassy,
the project will support the provision of agriculture equipment and a processing centre for the production, processing, and
commercialisation of turmeric.Currently, more turmeric is imported than is produced domestically.Local turmeric farmers are not able to earn
much profit due to lack of domestic work centres to commercialise the product.The project was planned to improve this situation and generate
Volunteer Nepal National Group has been working on this issue to improve the livelihoods of farmers.The project will be managed by Pyuthan
Municipality-8, local farmers, and Volunteer Nepal National Group.The embassy believed that this project would improve the turmeric
production environment and enhance the livelihoods of local farmers in Pyuthan.A version of this article appears in the print on December
10, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
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