KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Thousands of farmers and their families across Nepal celebrated an annual paddy festival by planting rice, splashing in the muddy fields and enjoying a special feast. The ...

National Paddy Planting Day or Dhan Diwas is a celebration across the country. It is an even bigger deal here in Pokhara Valley which grows some of Nepal’s most famous indigenous varieties of rice ...

In this photo by Niranjan Shrestha, farmers play with sludge as they plant paddy saplings in a field outside Kathmandu, Nepal, on Asar Pandhra day. Nepalese farmers consider the day to be auspicious ...

Farmers work in a paddy field on the occasion of National Paddy Day in Lalitpur, Nepal, June 29, 2025. The National Paddy Day marks the beginning of the paddy planting season in Nepal. (Photo: Xinhua) ...

ALOR SETAR, July 26 (Bernama) -- The main infrastructure development project under the five-season paddy planting programme over two years in the Muda area has commenced ahead of its scheduled start ...

Mandya: Mandya zilla panchayat CEO KR Nandini took part in a mechanised paddy planting demonstration at Holalu village, sending out a message that women too can efficiently handle modern agricultural ...

Paddy drying is a common sight in rural areas of the country, especially during the post-harvest season. But it is a tedious task for farmers to collect their paddy stocks as it is not only time ...