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Concerns raised about foreign investment in agriculture, but it is needed, stakeholders say Kathmandu Post
Kathmandu, Jan. 9 In December 2017, the National Planning Commission held a discussion with Qatari officials on short- and medium-term opportunities to export for Nepali agricultural produce to Qatar as countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council imposed a blockade on the natural gas-rich nation.
The Qatari government had asked Nepal whether it can export organic foods-particularly green vegetables and dairy products-on a long term basis that would be worth over $2 billion annually.
The planning commission, the apex body that frames the government s development policies and programmes, was just clueless about the Qatari government s proposal as there is no commercial farming in Nepal at such a scale.