Kathmandu,24 September : Girija Prasad Koirala Foundation and Institute of Rubber and Jatropha Research-Nepal, USA, have signed agreement for commercial rubber farming and research.
Director at Science and Technology Department of the Foundation, Dr Tara Prasad Banjade, and Executive Director of the Institute, Tilak Bhandari, today signed the agreement in presence of Foundation Chair Sujata Koirala.
An understanding has been reached between the two organizations to start works soon with an objective of cultivating rubber on hundreds of hectares of land within five years, to improve living standard of farmers, to create employment and to involve youth and students in research of rubber farming, according to the Foundation.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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