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Last Updated: Tuesday, 5 September 2006, 04:28 GMT 05:28 UK
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Nepal seeks food aid from donors
Nepal is a predominantly agricultural country
The Nepalese government has urged international donors to provide assistance worth nearly $120m to meet a food shortage in the country.
The country is likely to be hit by a food shortage of 350,000 metric tonnes next year due to a poor harvest, authorities add.
The donors have not pledged any such aid yet.
Inadequate monsoon rains in parts of the Nepal and floods in some areas have affected the harvest in the country.
Authorities say they are optimistic about securing aid to meet Nepal's food deficit.
In this poor country, 85% of people depend on subsistence farming, mainly rice. Half the country's districts suffer a food deficit.
Farming in Nepal - a predominantly agricultural country - is largely dependent on monsoon rains.
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