Ghodasin growing organic vegetables

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Patarasi-6 Ghodasin's Maya Thapa is concentrated in vegetable farming. She used to go to the fields early in the morning and irrigate them to Godmail. At the moment, greens, carrots, radishes, cucumbers, cauliflower, cabbage, potatoes, parsley and beans are growing in his garden. Maya earns one lakh rupees annually by selling vegetables. She said, "There is suffering because there is no arrangement of the market, but the expenses are running on the vegetables."

His neighbor Gor Bahadur Rokaya claims that the vegetables produced in Ghodasin are used in Khalanga market. According to him, Ghodasin is a village that supplies green vegetables to the market in winter and vegetables in rainy season. Gor Bahadur, who was growing barley, wheat, millet and corn till a decade ago, now earns by producing organic vegetables. He said that up to one and a half lakh rupees are earned from vegetables annually.

Maya and Gor Bahadur are the only representatives. Vegetables are being produced in 140 households like him. at home Commercial businesses have been established. Gor Bahadur said that most of the time farmers are also focused on vegetable farming. He said, "During the season, the traders reach the village and buy and take away". The vegetables produced in this village go to the cities of Kalikot, Surkhet and Nepalganj. Commercial vegetable farming has started in this village since 2068. Even in the previously barren land, vegetable cultivation has started to come into use.

Young people don't have to go to Dolpa and Muguka Patan for Yarsan Collectors from Kalapahad for employment. There is no household without a plastic tunnel. Farmers who are facing marketing and irrigation problems are suffering. A local elder said that a family sells vegetables for a minimum of 1 lakh to a maximum of 3 lakh rupees and brings them home. According to him, an amount of more than 2 crores is brought in by selling vegetables in a year. In the beginning, when one/two people started vegetable farming, no one believed . He said, "when selling vegetables started earning good income". Now every house is engaged in vegetable farming. Ghodesin is known as a vegetable farm.' "That production was not enough for a year," said a 50-year-old electrician, "growing vegetables has changed the appearance of the village". Agricultural Development Office and various associations of the district have also been providing good support for vegetable cultivation. Patarasi rural municipality has chosen as a vegetable pocket area by looking at the interest of farmers towards vegetable farming. Locals say that their children's education and household expenses are managed with the money they get from selling vegetables. The rural municipality has stated that seven pocket areas have been determined for Raithane crop protection. Acting Chief Administrative Officer Lok Bahadur Rawal said that Ghodasin village has been selected as a vegetable pocket area.

According to Rawal, ward 1 Syalagadi village has been declared as Phapar, 2 Pere as Simi, 3 Kalimarsi paddy and 4 Lum as Chino and Kaguno pocket areas. A pocket area has been designated for walnuts in Lorpa of Ward No. 5, vegetables in Urthu of Ward No. 6, and potatoes in Patmara of No. 7. Rawal said that the municipality has a plan to make the youth self-employed in the village through Raithane crop protection.