Nepal Plant Disease and Agro Associates NPDA

Training held at the Plant Quarantine and Pesticides Management Centre (PQPMC), Hariharbhawan, Lalitpur, from 31 August to 2 September 2025; and at NPDA, Balaju, Kathmandu, from 3 to 5 September 2025.

An exemplary functional collaboration among PQPMC; the Central Agricultural Laboratory (CAL) of the Department of Agriculture (DOA); the National Plant Pathology Research Centre (NPPRC) of NARC; and NPDA.

Dr. Jisuk Yu, senior resesrch scientist from Seoul National University, invited and sponsored by NPDA, served as the expert trainer.

Training on Quality Control of Biopesticides for Regulatory Compliance and Registration organized by Central Agricultural Laboratory (CAL) of the Department of Agriculture (DOA) and FAO Nepal in technical collaboration with NPDA; 10-11 November 2025, Hariharbhawan, Lalitpur, Nepal

Received during the National Plant Protection Workshop 2025. Grateful to the organizers for recognizing our contribution.

Welcomed MSc plant pathology 2025 batch of the Institute of the Agriculture and Animal Science, Tribhuvan University at NPDA. This is the seventh batch in row. In the picture (L-R) Binita Suwal, Sudip Chaulagain, Hira Kaji Manandhar, Swadesh Pokhrel, and Ashutosh Subedi. (Upama Chapagain is missing in the picture.)

NPDA participated in the 3-day International Conference on Agriculture Transformation for Sustainable Food System as a collaborator on 2-4 February 2025 at Rampur, Chitwan, organized by the Faculty of Agriculture (FoA), Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), Rampur, Chitwan. Many thanks to FoA, AFU for giving NPDA the opportunity. The conference was a success.

NPDA - Nepal Plant Disease and Agro Associates

A 5-day training on biopesticides concluded at the Central Agricultural Laboratory, of the Department of Agriculture, Hariharbhawan, Lalitpur.

Today at NPDA.

Teacher’s Day at NPDA.

Thanks for “Thank You NPDA Family” from Yashoda Baidik, Babita Ghimire, Manushi Sigdel, Neema Gurung, Nirmit Bista, and Ritika Sanjel, interns at NPDA from Valley Krishi Campus, Chapagaun, Lalitpur. They happily worked and learned basic plant pathological techniques and did undergraduate research for the last four months. We appreciate their hard work and learning aptitude. They are NPDA family.