Kathmandu, July 1 -- Though Nepal is predominantly an agrarian country in terms of both socio-culture and economic structure, agriculture sector has never been at the top most priority for development

It is more than six decades since Nepal started planning process for development. In six decades, nine five-year plans and five three-year plans have been implemented. In case of agriculture, the first long term plan (Agriculture Perspective Plan) was implemented from 1995 to 2015 and the second one (Agriculture Development Strategy) is at its third year of implementation. The 15th five-year plan (fiscal years 2019-20 to 2023-24), which is at its final stage of preparation, anticipates growing agriculture by 5.6 percent and it will require ...