Workers transplant experimental seedlings of hybrid rice varieties at the Nepal South Agricultural Science and Technology Park in Bharatpur, Nepal, Aug. 11, 2025. Experimental seedlings of hybrid rice varieties have been transplanted into Nepal South Agricultural Science and Technology Park on Monday, as a part of efforts to assist the South Asian nation obtain meals self-sufficiency. (Xinhua)
KATHMANDU, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) — Experimental seedlings of hybrid rice varieties have been transplanted into Nepal South Agricultural Science and Technology Park on Monday, as a part of efforts to assist the South Asian nation obtain meals self-sufficiency.
The first batch of 37 high-yield varieties will land at the hybrid rice demonstration zone of the park, which is situated within the city of Rampur in Bharatpur metropolis in south-central Nepal.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song described the project as the results of arduous work for greater than two years, calling it one other progress in agricultural cooperation between the 2 international locations on the seventieth anniversary of diplomatic ties.
Chen famous that bettering agricultural productiveness and enhancing meals self-sufficiency has change into a worldwide focus, and the promotion of China’s hybrid rice expertise is a key space in international agricultural expertise cooperation and a key part of China’s present international governance strategy.
“China hopes to help more developing countries, including Nepal, achieve food self-sufficiency through international cooperation and technological exchange, thereby promoting the shared development of global agriculture,” added Chen.
Agriculture is the spine of Nepal’s economic system and gives a livelihood to a big portion of the inhabitants.
“I believe that by using improved varieties of seeds, farmers will be able to increase their production, contribute to poverty alleviation, and achieve the goal of sustainable development by becoming self-reliant in rice,” Mayor of Bharatpur Renu Dahal mentioned at the inauguration ceremony.
“These seeds will provide the potential for self-reliant agriculture, prosperous farmers and food security in the future,” she added, anticipating this system to achieve farms within the native district in addition to throughout the nation.
The park was developed with the help of China-South Asian Countries Poverty Alleviation and Cooperative Development Center and applied by Nepal’s Agriculture and Forestry University based mostly in Bharatpur and Chongqing Academy of Agricultural Sciences. ■
Mayor of Bharatpur Renu Dahal speaks at the inauguration ceremony of the transplant of experimental seedlings of hybrid rice varieties at the Nepal South Agricultural Science and Technology Park in Bharatpur, Nepal, Aug. 11, 2025. Experimental seedlings of hybrid rice varieties have been transplanted into Nepal South Agricultural Science and Technology Park on Monday, as a part of efforts to assist the South Asian nation obtain meals self-sufficiency. (Xinhua)