Bhabindra Gharti Magar, who cultivates flowers commercially in Badagaun Benhore, Resunga Municipality-3, said that he has not been able to send them to the market as per the demand.
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Although the demand for centipedes, which are used as garlands during Tihar, is high, its production is very low. While the use of plastic garlands is spontaneously decreasing, local natural garlands, including centipedes, have not been able to meet the demand.
Bhabindra Ghartimagar, who cultivates flowers commercially in Badagaun Benhore, Resunga Municipality-3, said that he has not been able to send them to the market as per the demand. He said that there has been a lot of demand from outside Gulmi district, but he has not sent them out because there is a shortage for the locals.
'Commercial flower farming is declining, even those who used to produce them have left,' he said, 'The demand is high, the market has not been able to cope with the low production.' He said that he is cultivating flowers in tunnels for any time, not just for Tihar. He said that there is demand for flowers from the main cities of Butwal and Dang, as well as from eastern districts.
Bhabindra has so far sent one quintal of centipede flowers to the market for this year's Tihar. There is a production that can send one quintal more flowers to the market for four days of Tihar. He has cultivated vegetables by leasing 100 ropanis of land and taking Arjun Resunga Multiagro Pvt. Ltd. and cultivating flowers in four tunnels.
He said that flowers are currently being sold for Rs. 500 per kilo. He earns an annual turnover of three lakh rupees from flower farming. He said that he has made a profit of around two lakh rupees from it.
Students at Turang Polytechnic School in Chandrakot Rural Municipality-8, Majuwa have cultivated centipede flowers as a learning activity. However, the flowers produced here are consumed in the local market.
Agricultural Technical Officer Tikaram Neupane, Information Officer of the Agricultural Knowledge Center, said that although production is not up to the demand, no statistical comparison has been made in this regard. He argues that the district will not have a shortage as not everyone buys flowers for Tihar at the local level and uses garlands.
