KATHMANDU, Dec 9: The Government of Japan has provided Rs 10 million as financial support for the construction of a new turmeric processing center and the provision of agricultural equipment in Pyuthan district.
According to a statement issued by the Embassy of Japan in Nepal, Ambassador of Japan to Nepal, Kikuta Yutaka signed a grant contract with President of the Volunteer Nepal National Group Shiva Rimal for a project at the Embassy of Japan in Kathmandu on Friday. The support has been made under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) of the Japanese Government,
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The embassy in the statement said the project will support the provision of agriculture equipment and a processing center for the production, processing, and commercialization of turmeric. Currently, more turmeric is imported than is produced domestically.
Local turmeric farmers are not able to earn much profit due to the lack of domestic work centers to commercialize the product. The project aims at improving this situation and generating income for farmers.
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