Fertiliser shortage leaves farmers scrambling amid tighter border checks
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Farmers in Nepal face a critical shortage of chemical fertilisers due to tighter border checks, complicating supply deliveries from India. This scarcity forces some farmers to transplant crops without fertilisers as they search for supplies across borders and local depots.
Farmers are searching across borders and cooperative depots for scarce chemical fertiliser, with some forced to transplant without it and others facing difficulties bringing supplies from India.
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