Baglung. Baglung Municipality-5 Kundule Phedi is very attractive with yellow paddy. yellow paddy has added to the beauty of the village. Kundule near the district headquarters Baglung Bazaar is known as a granary store.

Paddy was planted in the last week of June in this area, which produces a lot of paddy in the district. The farmers here have planted paddy of Khumal-4, Khumal-10, Pokhareli eldest and some Jadan variety. This time, due to the delay in paddy planting, the time for bringing in paddy has also been postponed.

Now the paddy is scorching in the fields and the farmers are planning to bring paddy after the festival. After the Meteorological Forecasting Division has predicted heavy rains for a few days, the farmers are worried about the damage to the paddy fields. The farmers are now working to remove the grass that has grown in the paddy field.

According to the Agriculture Knowledge Center Baglung, paddy was planted on more than 5,600 hectares of land in Baglung this year. Last year, 20,784 metric tons of paddy was produced in the district. Out of 46,000 hectares of arable land in Baglung, paddy is cultivated on about 5,700 hectares. Maize, millet and wheat are cultivated more than paddy in Baglung.

Farmers predict that there may be a decline in production this year due to heavy rains. He said that due to the rain from the time the paddy is being sown, the production will decrease. Last year, due to root rot and this year due to fungus, the production of paddy will decrease. See the rest of the picture: