Ghannath Mahato, outgoing president of Chitwan Banana Growers Association, has narrated his own experience in banana farming after seeing truckloads of bananas being imported from abroad. In the second session of 'Chitwan Chintan' organized by Kantipur Media Group in Chitwan, in the 'Kisan's Issue at the Center of Agriculture', Mahato said that he started banana farming after seeing truckloads of bananas being imported while he was thinking about what he would do after completing his master's degree.

"If you keep your mind steady, you will be successful," Mahato said. 65 percent of Nepal's population is engaged in agriculture, but he said that he had to import billions of agricultural and industrial goods. Hija's forefathers used to export food to foreign countries by doing agricultural work, but today we are importing agricultural products worth billions, he said, even though 65 percent of Nepal's population is involved in agriculture, they have to import 3 percent of the farmers in Israel He said that even if the domestic demand is not met in Nepal even if it is self-sufficient through cultivation and exports. Even though 65 percent of the population is engaged in agriculture, there is not enough to eat in Nepal, what is our problem? We have to find out and move on,' he said.