EU grants 16.7 mn euros for Nepal's agriculture, school development.

The European Union has granted 12 million euros to support Nepal's agriculture and rural development and another 4.7 million euros for school sector development, continuing its support for Nepal's development.

The EU said that it has been supporting the agriculture sector development programme since 2019 with 36 million euro and the school sector development since 2016 with 81 million euro.

"I take this opportunity to congratulate the authorities for the results and progress achieved in the sectors since the launch of the Agriculture Development Strategy in 2015 and the School Sector Development Programme in 2016," stated EU Ambassador Nona Deprez.

She added: "Both sectors were major drivers in overcoming the challenges posed by Covid-19, and...

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