Kathmandu, Oct. 25 -- Sugarcane farmers, despite initially protesting, have accepted the government's decision to halve the subsidy on their crop, citing the changed political environment following the Gen Z movement in September.

Farmers said that the ousted government of KP Sharma Oli had reduced the subsidy from Rs70 to Rs35 per quintal, a decision they strongly protested against. But the political turbulence that followed the youth-led protests prompted them to settle for the revised amount.

"Sugarcane farmers received Rs750 million in subsidy before Dashain at the rate of Rs35 per quintal. No dues remain," said Kapil Muni Mainali, president of the Federation of Sugarcane Producers Association. In previous years, when the subsidy wa...