After 28 months of operation, the National Innovation Center has started commercial production from the agricultural implement factory Birganj. The center has started selling various agricultural tools after production on 1st May.

According to Ritesh Dev, head of Birganj center and engineer, the center is currently selling paddy weeder cage wheel, which is useful for driving rice planting hand tractors and removing mud weeds, rice planting hand machine rice planter, millet planting millet planter and fish incubator and oxygen tower equipment which is useful for fish farming .

The price of paddy widder cage wheel is 2500 to 3000 rupees, the price of a pair of fish incubator and oxygen tower is 1 lakh rupees, the price of rice planter machine is 15 to 20 thousand rupees and the price of millet planter machine is 15 thousand rupees.

So far, more than 100 pieces of Paddy Wieder cage equipment have been sold and there is an order for another 500 pieces of this equipment.

fish incubator and oxygen tower equipment has been sold in 12 set orders . 15 hand-operated rice planting rice planter machines have been prepared and placed for sale. Engineer Dev says that these machines can be sold even before planting as the farmers are very interested and curious.

Millet planter machine for planting millet is also getting a lot of inquiries from the farmers, he said that there is a possibility that this machine will also get a good market . Engineer Dev also said that this equipment, which is being sold and distributed by the

center, has been produced for the first time in Nepal so far. "Previously, these tools had to be imported from India or China," he said, "now these tools, which are being produced domestically, are cheaper and stronger than foreign ones." He said that since

is manufactured in the country, it will be strong and reliable, and maintenance facilities will also be available from the local technicians. He claims that since the cost of transportation will also be reduced, the domestic production will be comparatively cheaper for the farmers.

He said that since the planting season of Barkhe paddy has arrived in Sanghar, immediate attention has been focused on the production and sale of agricultural implements targeted at paddy. After the end of the paddy season, the production and sale of other equipment will also be prioritized, he said.

Center has introduced new equipment in the form of a laser welding machine to the agricultural implement factory Birganj, according to Engineer Dev. The 3000 watt device was purchased for 18 lakh rupees. The equipment manufactured in China was purchased through the tender process and brought to the factory.

Dev said that since this machine does three main tasks of cleaning metal rust, cutting and welding, it will help to increase the production capacity of the factory. Chairman of the center and scientist Mahaveer Pun, he said that the entire work of the factory has been started with the money collected by selling his autobiographical book. In the

factory, so far, the center has successfully produced a weeder machine that works like a reaper for cutting rice, a digger for digging potatoes, a planter for planting potatoes, a planter for planting rice, a dung dewatering for collecting dung, a mulcher for making plastic, cutting dry grass, plowing rice, digging etc . Apart from this, small agricultural tools such as hoe, spade, arc cutter etc. have also been produced .

currently employs 37 manpower in the factory. in three  Mechanical/Industrial/Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Overseer and Fabricator Technician. Since January 1, 2079, the center has taken over this factory from the government of Nepal and is operating it.