Be it winter or monsoon, there is no need to wait for the sugarcane harvest season. The sugarcane juice harvested in season is sufficient throughout the year and the same sugarcane continues to ripen and become molasses. There is no need to store the prepared molasses.

'Thorgeli Good' produced in Rurukshetra Rural Municipality of Gulmi has already made its own identity. Farmers are increasingly attracted to sugarcane farming in Thorga due to its year-round production and easy marketing. According to local farmers, 'Thorgeli Good' has no market problem.

Cholanath Gyawali of Rurukshetra Rural Municipality-3 is a farmer who has been cultivating sugarcane for generations. He expanded his sugarcane farming nine years ago and has currently planted sugarcane in 85 ropanis, of which 45 ropanis of land is on lease. Kalaganth, Rato Koser, Jitpure-5 and local varieties of sugarcane are planted in his fields.

A large modern machine has been installed in his farm, which can crush large quantities of sugarcane at a time. Six workers have regular employment daily, while 12-15 people get work during the season.

According to him, the annual turnover from the sale of sugarcane, khudo and jaggery is about Rs. 2.5 million, which accounts for almost half of the income after deducting expenses. He has been marketing about nine metric tons of sugarcane and jaggery annually. 'There is no market problem,' he said.

'If you do it yourself and work hard, you can get good income from sugarcane farming,' says Gyawali, 'Those who only expect grants will not survive, those who do it themselves and get a little help will survive for a long time.' He said that the main problem in sugarcane farming is the monkey terror.

Top Bahadur Poudel, who has been working on the farm for three years, said that completely organic jaggery is prepared from sugarcane juice. 'The sugarcane is crushed, cooked and made into sugarcane, and the sugarcane is cooked and made into jaggery,' he said, 'there is no adulteration.' According to him, Thorgeli jaggery is transported to Pokhara and Kathmandu as pahur.

Shishir Gyawali of the same village has expanded sugarcane farming by operating 'Gyawali Agriculture and Livestock Farm'. He has currently planted sugarcane on 20 ropanis and has been involved in it professionally for five years. He says that he earns four to five lakh rupees annually from the sale of sugarcane, sugarcane and jaggery. 'We have cultivated sugarcane instead of traditional crops,' he said, 'Monkeys and other pest control are a challenge.'

He sells 35 quintals of jaggery annually. Jaggery is sold at Rs 280 per kilo from the farm. He plans to change crops in five to seven years as continuous cultivation in the same place reduces production.

Gangadhar Gyawali of the same place has been cultivating sugarcane instead of maize and mustard for seven years. He cultivates sugarcane on an area of ​​11 ropanis and says that he saves about three lakh rupees annually from the sale of jaggery. 'Sugane farming is ten times better than other farming,' he said.

After Thorga became famous for sugarcane farming, the 'Thorgeli Jaggery and Jaggery Industry' has come into operation through the Ruru Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society. Currently, 134 sugarcane farmers are associated with the industry. The industry has been producing candy and chocolate along with jaggery.

According to the chairman of the leading farmers' organization, Bheshraj Gyawali, the Ruru Kshetra Rural Municipality, Heifer International, the Cottage and Small Industries Office and the Agricultural Knowledge Center Gulmi are supporting the construction of the industry infrastructure. The industry purchases sugarcane at Rs 11 per kg, and after processing, jaggery is sold at Rs 275 per kg. Candy and chocolate are sold at Rs 400 per kg.