Farmers of Nepal who produce bananas have demanded from businessmen not to bring bananas from abroad and sell them after October 6th. According to the central ad hoc committee of the Nepal Banana Growers Federation, such a step had to be taken because the bananas of the Nepali farmers were not sold but started ripening on the plant.

Bishnuhari Pant, a banana farmer from Chitwan who is also the president of the federation, said that businessmen should accept their request to protect Nepali farmers. Even though it was announced that the price of bananas would not be brought from outside, Nepali farmers are ready to sell bananas by charging no more than three to four rupees per piece. We have requested this because we cannot sell bananas at this time because all of them are ripe and end up in the plants,' said Pant.

He said that there are currently more than 4,800 banana farmers in Nepal. Bananas are grown on 12,000 hectares of land across the country. Chairman Pant said that about 600,000 metric tons of bananas are produced annually. He informed that 250,000 metric tons of bananas are consumed during major festivals like Dasain-Tihar and Chhath in Nepal. "We are currently producing the bananas that are consumed in Nepal. Therefore, there is no need to import them," said Pant. He said the government should pay attention to this matter. Bishwakarma said that the banana plant has started to ripen. Now, they don't come here to buy bananas. He said that it is difficult to get bananas for 10/12 dozen in India He said, "Nepali banana farmers and supporters will protest if the businessmen do not stop the banana import."