Incident Reports

Demonstration staged in Baneshwor demanding to stop foreign investment in agriculture

2021-01-27

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kathmandu

Farmers staged a demonstration in Baneshwor, on Wednesday, against the government’s decision to open foreign investment in the agriculture sector. Industrialists and agricultural activists also attended the demonstration. Various 18 organizations have formed a struggle committee against the government’s decision.

The cabinet in late December decided to open the currently banned sectors of primary agriculture production for foreign investments with a condition that at least 75 per cent of products produced by them should be exported.


Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Demonstration
Primary Cause Access/control of economic markets (syndicates, market relocation)
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Chamber of Commerce and entrepreneur's associations
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Government and civil servants at central level
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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