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Here are some of the top stories from The Kathmandu Post (September 7, 2019). More than 90 percent of vegetable seeds used in the country are imported. Post File
Here are some of the top stories from The Kathmandu Post (September 7, 2019).
Nepal’s growing reliance on imported hybrid seeds risks devastating consequences
Chandra Bahadur Yonjan Tamang remembers the taste and smell of jyapu cauliflower. For decades, this local breed was the only cauliflower that farmers in his village of Bardev grew. Farmers would plant seeds in mid-September and by mid-February, the cauliflower would be ready for harvest.
“When people cooked jyapu cauliflower, it smelled delicious,” said Tamang.
That was at least a decade ago. Now, not a single farmer in the village grows jyapu cauliflowers anymore. All the cauliflower in the village is now grown from seeds manufactured by Nozaki Saishujo Ltd, a Japanese company.
“Hybrid cauliflower seeds only take two months to mature whereas jyapu cauli took six months. The yield is better, too,” said Tamang.
It’s not just local varieties of cauliflower that have been replaced by hybrid varieties from other countries. Most vegetables that the villagers grow come from imported hybrid seeds. And this is not limited to Bardev—it is happening across the country.
Kuwait mauls Nepal, raising more questions than answers for new coach
Nepal knew playing Kuwait was going to be a tough one. The national side had played one goalless draw and lost another friendly by 1-0 against the same opponent back in March. Given a victory was going to be a tough ask, head coach Johan Kalin had expected his side to make improved performance from the last matches.
Fans, too, had expected the national side to put a good fight. But whatever happened against the host nation at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium on Thursday was not only humiliating, it was brutal to watch. Nepal’s national side had capitulated.
A teenage girl was attacked with acid after her father told a man to stop pursuing her
A 15-year-old girl was severely injured in an acid attack at Ganeshman Chowk in Birgunj at about 6am on Friday.
Muskan Khatun from Chhapakaiya in Birgunj was attacked with acid by 16-year-old Samsad Miya in order to exact revenge after Khatun rebuffed his friend Majid Alam’s romantic overtures, according to police.
Khatun, a ninth grader at Tribhuvan Hanuman Secondary School, was assaulted on her way to school.
According to DSP Ananta Ram Sharma, spokesperson for the Parsa Police, Alam was infatuated with Khatun and had expressed his feelings for her, but was turned down. Khatun had then told her father, who met with Alam and asked him not to pursue her. Seventeen-year-old Alam is Khatun’s relative and lives in the same ward as her.
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