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Farmers of East Nawalparasi have started collective onion cultivation. In Kawasoti, Madhyabindu Municipality and Hupsekot and Bullingtar Rural Municipality of the district, 15 farmer groups have cultivated collective onions.
234 farmers are involved in onion cultivation on 25 hectares. Farmers themselves make nurseries and produce plants and sell them to other farmers and also do farming.
Farmers who used to grow onions in small quantities according to the season, which are needed in the kitchen every day, are now attracted to this for the purpose of being able to feed themselves throughout the year and to earn income by selling the rest. Compared to other farms, there are no problems in the market and the prices are good, so the farmers have started collective farming.
Prime Minister Agriculture Modernization Project Nawalpur chief Sunil Kumar Singh said that farmers have been encouraged for onion cultivation with a plan to reward the farmers who produce the most. Currently, two types of onion are cultivated namely Nasik Red-53 and Red Creole.
Shiv Shakti Farmers Group Kawasoti-15 Chairman Pushparaj Baral said that the commercial cultivation is done because the production is more than other crops and there is no problem with the market. He said that collective farming was done by renting 10 acres of land in Kawasoti Municipality-15 Godar. As the climate and soil of Nawalpur district are suitable for onions, the production is expected to be good.
Farmers are hopeful that they will be able to produce by themselves as imports from India will increase. The seeds are provided free of cost to the farmers who want to cultivate onions and Prime Minister Agriculture Modernization Project has allocated 1.7 million budget and distributed subsidy for onion cultivation promotion program.
