Nepal Farmers Association

Nepal Farmers Association
नेपाल किसान संघ
Founded1951
FounderBP Koirala and others
Location
Members (2023)
Increase200,000+[citation needed]
Chairman
Ganesh Timalsina
Parent organization
Nepali Congress
AffiliationsAsia Pacific Farmers Forum

The Nepal Farmers Association is the most peasant's wing of Nepali Congress established in 1951.[1] The association was formed by first people's elected prime minister BP Koirala in 1951. The association aims to ensure peasant rights and develop the agriculture sector.[2]

The association follows party's ideology and aims to bring commercialization in the agriculture sector. The organization aims in providing farmers with quality education which would play an important role to develop economic services of farmers in Nepal. The current membership of NFA is 2,00,000.[2]

  1. ^ "किसान संघमा गणेश र आदिवासी जनजाति संघमा ओमबहादुर नियुक्त". Online Khabar. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Asia Pasific Farmers Forum" (PDF).