Even though the oranges that were playing flowers were affected by the hailstorm, this year there was a turnover of oranges worth 527.6 million 84 thousand rupees. Last year, the turnover of oranges was 467 million 72 million rupees.

Acting head of Krishi Gyan Kendra Palpa, Santosh Kumar Chaudhary said that the area produced this year has increased compared to the previous year and the farmers have also received higher prices. Chief Chaudhary said that 66.69 lakh 12 thousand more oranges will be sold this year compared to the previous year. In Palpa, two years ago, there was a turnover of 433.5 million oranges.

'Though hail and disease have caused some problems in Bhairav ​​Sthan, Kusumkhola and Palungmainadi areas, orange production has increased elsewhere this year,' Chaudhary said. . Compared to the previous year, we managed to get the price. Nine thousand 31 metric tons of oranges were produced in the district two years ago. According to Krishi Gyan Kendra, 8 thousand 861 metric tons of oranges were produced last year.

This year, 9 thousand 98 metric tons of oranges have been produced in an area of ​​1 thousand 196 hectares.

237 metric tons of oranges have been produced more than last year. Farmers were getting Rs 40 to 46 per kg in Sardar two years ago . According to Gyan Kendra, oranges were sold at the rate of Rs 55 to Rs 60 last year. This year in Sardar, the price of oranges is 58 rupees per kg.

"Though there has been a small decrease in production this year, it has fetched a good price in the market," Acting Chief Choudhary said, "During the flowering season, hail caused problems in some places, and due to lack of rain, there were thin fruits in some places." Janak Acharya, a farmer of Ribdikot Rural Municipality-7, Palungmainadi, said that since the market price is good, the business has been good. He said that he had planned to sell more than 1.5 million rupees this year but only sold 10 million rupees due to hail.

According to Krishi Gyan Kendra Palpa, oranges have been planted in an area of ​​1,175 hectares. This year, oranges have been produced in an area of ​​1,115 hectares.

Rainadevi Chhahara of the district has the largest area of ​​452 hectares of orange cultivation. 3 thousand 639 metric tons of oranges are produced here. According to Krishi Gyan Kendra, 3 thousand 184 metric tons will be produced in 396 hectares of area in Ribdikot. In Tansen municipality, 546 metric tons of oranges are produced in an area of ​​68 hectares, and 910 metric tons of oranges are produced in 113 hectares in Baganaskali. Similarly, 728 metric tons of oranges are produced in 90 hectares in East River, 91 metric tons of oranges in 11 hectares in Matha Gadhi.

According to Nityanand Pokharel, Coordinator of the Orange Zone Management Committee, only 10 to 12 million worth of oranges are exported from the four wards of Rainadevi Chhahara outside the district. He said that most of the farmers in this area earn at least Rs 30,000 to Rs 20 lakh from the sale of oranges. "The farmers need technical skills, knowledge and technical support," he said. Because there is no provision of technical deployment for Orange. Due to which farmers are suffering every year.' 

According to him, farmers are still in trouble due to various diseases. Amarkumari Gharti, an orange farmer from Bhairav ​​said that many farmers in Ribdikot and Rainadevi Chhahara Rural Municipality of Palpa, which are considered pocket areas for orange cultivation, have been affected by the disease this year. She said that ripe and ripening oranges turn yellow quickly, become sour when eaten, the plant appears black, the plant dries up and there is an outbreak of the finger worm in the fields of some farmers. Farmers have become worried after the oranges started falling and the branches dried up in some places . They have been complaining that their orange plantations will be destroyed because they cannot get technical services. 

Farmers have not been able to solve the disease despite not getting technical support from the rural municipality as well as the district level. The orange pocket area is not only Bhairavasthan in Ribdikot, but also in Kusum Khola, Palungmainadi, Muzung, Amlavas, Somadia. Saraswati Pokhrel, a farmer of Rainadevi Chhahara Rural Municipality-4 Chhahara Amla, said that the problem of oranges falling, plants turning yellow, branches drying up, and black spots on the plants. She said that although the disease appeared in oranges, it was difficult to get technical services.