Rice Planting in Nepal

Tour itinerary: Kathmandu

A lot of tourists believe that going to Nepal during the rainy season is a bad idea. However, according to Rugged Trails Nepal, the monsoon season is the ideal time to travel to Nepal. Nepal is an agrarian nation, with agriculture accounting for the majority of its GDP. Monsoon season in Nepal In Nepal's rural areas, Paddy Plantation Jatra, as it is known locally, is observed in a more elaborate and customary manner. One of the main jobs in agriculture nowadays for a self-sufficient household is cattle husbandry. Ropai Jatra ( paddy plantation day) is a time of happiness among Nepalese people. With the arrival of the monsoon, paddy seeds are sowed and nurtured to make the plant ready to be replanted later, which is the festival time. Meanwhile, the fields are plowed and leveled. Monsoon rains soon make, the field muddy and wet making it a perfect condition for planting paddy. The semi-grown paddy plant is uprooted and replanted in the muddy fields.