With the aim of expanding mango cultivation to an area of 1,200 ropanis, 6,000 Maldah variety mango seedlings have been distributed to farmers.
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A mango block development program has been launched to expand commercial mango farming in the lower areas of Chhathar Jorpati Rural Municipality, which are becoming barren due to migration.
The Agricultural Knowledge Center Dhankuta has run the program in Banchare, Sibhuwa of Chhathar Jorpati Rural Municipality-3 and 4 and Pathibhara, Guth, Piple, Marse and other areas of Teliya in cost-sharing with local farmers. With the aim of expanding mango farming in an area of about 1,200 ropanis, 6,000 Maldah variety mango seedlings have been distributed to farmers.
Nagendra Rana, Acting Chief of the Agricultural Knowledge Center Dhankuta, informed that the program has been run with a government grant of Rs 1 million and farmers' cost-sharing of Rs 625,000 to develop the land vacated by migration as a commercial agricultural production center.
In the program run through a local inclusive active agricultural cooperative, 6,000 mango seedlings, four mechanical plows and 9,300 meters of plastic pipes have been provided.
Cooperative Chairman Dek Bahadur Limbu expressed confidence that the program would be effective in attracting farmers to perennial crops that provide long-term income as the traditional farming system is weakening. 'The cultivation of traditional crops like rice, maize, millet and wheat is decreasing. In such a situation, commercial mango farming can provide farmers with a new income-generating option,' he said.
The rate of migration is high in the Banchare, Sivhuwa, Pathibhara, Lamichhanedanda, Guth, Piple, Karkale, Marse and Teliya areas of Chhathar Jorpati. Local farmer Deepak Pariyar said that he was inspired to expand mango farming in those areas as well as in the form of a campaign as the land left by the migrated families is vacant.
Acting Chief Rana informed that although it is a federal government program, it is being implemented through the Agricultural Knowledge Center. According to him, the area is considered suitable for mango farming in terms of climate and geography.
The 23-kilometer road from Dhankuta headquarters to Teliya via Thuyurre Hat, Tankhuwa Khola, Banchare, Lamichhanedanda has been blacktopped, which is expected to facilitate the marketing of the produce.
Meanwhile, Chhathar Jorpati Rural Municipality has established an industrial village in Sivhuwa. Niren Tamang, head of the District Coordination Committee, Dhankuta, urged farmers to engage in commercial activities as there is ample potential for processing and co-production along with mango production. He expressed confidence that mango farming will make a significant contribution to the utilization of vacant land, employment generation and strengthening of the rural economy.
