Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Ghanashyam Bhusal has sought suggestions from local levels to find ways to protect agriculture sector from possible impact of coronavirus crisis.

Local levels are asked to provide suggestions on the purchase of agriculture produces and use of barren lands and the role of state and federal governments and local levels to that end.

The Ministry has put forth an agriculture development concept along with five policy strategies to ensure effective implementation of measures for keeping agriculture yields intact.

Minister Bhusal viewed that the next fiscal year 2077/78 budget of the Ministry would be prepared in coordination and cooperation with the ministries of the federal and state levels and local levels. "A memorandum of understanding to this effect has been reached through series of meetings with ministry of land management, agriculture and cooperatives of the federal and state levels." Plans are afoot to hold discussions with local levels within each state on the matter, he said.