KATHMANDU: Lumbini Province has banned the retail sale, storage, and commercial trading of pesticides without a license under the Province Pesticide Management Act, 2024.
The law requires pesticide sellers to obtain a license, valid for three years, from the concerned authority. Applicants must have completed Grade 12 or hold a TSLC or JTA qualification in agriculture or animal husbandry.
The act also prohibits storing pesticides with food or veterinary medicines, bars the sale of pesticides to pregnant women, children, intoxicated individuals, and people with unstable mental health, and bans advertisements for chemical pesticides except bio-pesticides. It also requires warning signs to be displayed after commercial pesticide spraying.
Lumbini Province Assembly member Yam Bahadur Nepali said the law aims to regulate pesticide use across the province.
