23 thousand 250 kg of raw and dried rice ginger produced by the farmers of Nisdi rural municipality-5, Galdha of Palpa has been exported to Europe this year.
According to Dilmaya Saru, Manager of Galdha Social Entrepreneur Women's Cooperative, 14,560 kg of dried rice and ginger were exported from Galdha to Europe on Sunday. This raw ginger is about 65 thousand kg.
She said that the cooperative earned 71 lakh 91 thousand 184 rupees from this. According to manager Saru, earlier this year, 8,690 kg of organically certified raw ginger has been exported to Europe.
She said that the cooperative earned 8 lakh 19 thousand 467 rupees from this. The cooperative has been exporting dried ginger rice since three years ago.
The chairman of the cooperative, Ammaya Mashrangi, said that this year, they have succeeded in exporting raw ginger that has been certified organic. "There was a demand for 20,000 kg of raw ginger," she said, "but we have only exported a small amount as we could not produce as per the demand."
She said that the ginger planted for juicing purposes did not grow well and could not be sent as per the target. There was also a demand of 20,000 kilos of dried rice and ginger. As organic certified ginger is less, there is less export.
has been exporting certified organic ginger to Europe with 272 farmers under the cooperative. The women here have been operating a ginger processing industry for four years with the help of various concerned agencies. Since three years ago, dried ginger rice has been exporting to cities within the country as well as to Europe.
Ginger produced in this village, which is 65 km away from the capital Tanse, Akista Nepal requested 20,000 kg of dried rice from Nase type ginger. Before drying, raw ginger is 60 to 65 thousand kg.
The cooperative organization sent 4,460 kg of ginger rice to the European market in May 2081. In 2080, the organization certified organic and sent 850 kg of ginger rice samples to Europe for testing. With the help of government and non-government organizations, they have provided employment to women by gathering materials for washing, grinding, drying, grinding and packaging ginger.
Narayani Dhungana of the organization has been encouraging women to grow ginger as a cash crop to make them self-reliant. Since only the Galdha area is certified organic, the organization said that in the near future, the ginger of nearby Jamire, Mityal, Jhiruwas and Sahalkot will also be certified organic.
The ginger produced in Nisdi was bought by local traders and reached from Butwal, Bhairahawa, Kathmandu to the neighboring country India. Last year, 39 thousand 884 kg of ginger was bought for 39 lakh 76 thousand and sold for 47 lakh 68 thousand.
