Students return home from Israel after agriculture training

Fifty-four students returned home after receiving 10-month agriculture training in Israel.

The students left for Israel for agriculture training – at the joint initiation of Sana Kisan Bikas Bank and Israeli Embassy in Nepal – to get first hand  knowledge on agriculture.

Organising a press meet here today, the returnee students shared their experience from the Israel visit. They also asked the government not to impose any tax on agricultural machines and equipments import, apart from subsidising loan for agriculture-based projects.

They also suggested to focus on only one crop and use scientific and high-tech tools and machines rather than growing multiple crops in the traditional farming system.

Congratulating the returnees, chief executive officer of Sana Kisan  Bikas Bank, Jalan Kumar Sharma said that fifty four students from two districts – Dhading and Makawanpur – have returned home while 205 students from eight districts have been currently receiving training at various training centres and colleges in Israel.

 Likewise, agriculture secretary Jaya Mukunda Khanal, on the occasion, said that the students would have learnt some more knowledge on agriculture.

The preparation is underway to send additional 515 students from 21 districts to Israel for agriculture training.