Bajura women busy harvesting rice
Summary
Women in Bajura are busy harvesting ripened rice as continuous rainfall, floods and landslides make it hard to bring the crop home. Farmers say the dry-land rice is especially important in Bhadau, when food shortages are common.
Key Points
- Women across Bajura are harvesting rice that has ripened on dry land in Chait–Baisakh.
- Continuous rain, floods and landslides are making it difficult to transport the harvested crop home.
- Farmers in several municipalities, including Budhiganga and Himali, are struggling to protect and carry the rice safely.
- Bajura has limited cultivable land, and rice productivity remains low at 1.9 metric tonnes per hectare.
