(ANSA) - ROMA, 23 GIU - epa09294840 A Nepalese farmer walks
in a field after planting rice, in Kathmandu, Nepal, 23 June
2021. According to Nepalese farmers, 2021 has so far featured
adequate rainfall in the beginning of the monsoon season, so
they have almost completed the rice plantation whereas in
previous years they only managed to plant rice in July. The
annual monsoon season in Nepal normally begins in mid-June,
lasting until the end of August or early September. Sixty
percent of Nepal's agriculture industry relies on monsoon rain
while 40 percent is carried out through irrigation. Agriculture
is a major contributor to the country's GDP EPA/NARENDRA
SHRESTHA
NARENDRA SHRESTHA/ (ANSA).