15-21 November 2013 #681

Party manifestos on agriculture

Himal Khabarpatrika, 9 November

UCPN(M)

** Land to the tiller principle

** Free redistribution of land above threshold

** Ban on fallow farms

** Establish chemical fertiliser industry

** Promote organic fertilisers

** Agricultural tools industry

** Ten-year loan for landless at low interest

** Farm and livestock insurance

** Minimum buying price for produce

** Minimum wage for agriculture workers

 

NC

** Land reform according to the commission report

** Zoning of farmlands for agriculture only

** Build chemical fertiliser plant within five years

** Establish mountain agriculture research centre

** Farm and livestock insurance

** Access to markets for farmers

 

UML

** Farmers to have access to land

** Zoning of agricultural land

** Only farmers allowed to keep farmlands

** Increase soil fertility with organic fertilisers

** Compensation for farmers for damaged harvests

 

Madhesi Parties

** Support for cooperatives - MJF

** Corporate agriculture - MJF and Tamalopa

** Subsidy for mechanised agriculture - Tamalopa

** Farm loans at low interest

** Assured price for produce - MJF