Once upon a time, the people of Mustang in the upper part could see and eat vegetables like cauliflower, cabbage, cabbage, and cucumbers only when the river came down to escape the winter. After the end of the winter season, the mustangi who returned home from Bensi used to carry vegetables along with food for 15-20 days. Vegetables other than potatoes did not grow in this area.

Due to climate change, decreasing snowfall and increasing temperature and rain have started to produce vegetables that have never grown before in the upper reaches of Mustang district. The change in the farming system has changed the kitchen of Upper Mustang. 

With a dry but cool climate with rain shadow, the hilly settlements between the sand-covered Fusra mountains have started growing vegetables such as cauliflower, broccoli, golvanda, radish, radish, carrots, and jugune parsley.

'It seems like yesterday, driving the horses of the house with the children and reaching the villages of Bensi and eating the cauliflower vegetables kept by the goats, it seemed like they were eating nothing, but now their own fields have started to bear fruit,' said Chhiring Dolma Gurung of Loghekar-Damodarkund Rural Municipality-4, Ghmi, 'now the householders We have cultivated vegetables only for the purpose, now within a few years organic vegetables produced in the cool climate of Upper Mustang We have aimed to send it to the cities of Bensi.' 

Experts have attributed the increase in temperature and rainfall to the fact that new vegetables are beginning to grow in the high Himalayan district and the earlier vegetables are also growing more. When it rains in a dry place, the soil becomes muddy. Sufficient moisture and irrigation. And the temperature leads to fruiting factor and new vegetables start to grow," says Rajesh Gurung, head of Krishi Gyan Kendra Mustang, "Any crop starting to grow in a different climate and altitude is called crops shifting. The change in production is not only seen in vegetables, but also in other crops of Mustang.

According to the latest data provided by the Water and Meteorology Office in Pokhara, the maximum rainfall in Upper Mustang was 200 in the records of the weather measuring center located in Choser, the highest village of Lomanthang in 2009. It was less than a millimeter, but since then the amount of rain has increased and reached a record of 331 mm in 2023.

In the records of the 'Aerosynoptic' center in Jomsom, the maximum rainfall in Jomsom area was below 300 mm until 2010, but by 2023, the amount of rain has increased to 665 mm.

Even a 0.1 percent change in temperature and rainfall can have a huge impact on the environment, say experts. UNDP predicted 16-17 years ago that due to climate change, new vegetables will grow in Mustang and Manang, and plants that grow at low altitudes will appear. In the Human Development Report of UNDP 2007/08, it is mentioned that there will be unusual changes due to the increased temperature and rainfall due to climate change, and it is said, "New vegetables such as cauliflower, cabbage, cabbage, cucumber and chili will grow in the Himalayan region." Plants found at low altitudes will also be found in these locations. The Himalayan district will become greener than in the previous decade.'

'With climate change, we are attracting the local people to grow vegetables in the valleys' Lomanthang Rural Municipality President Tsi Narbu Gurung said, 'Rayo, carrot, cauliflower and banana seeds are produced in the lower areas of Mustang for climate adaptation. And we brought berna and made open cultivation. We have also become aware to protect food crops from pests such as fapar and lice.' 

In this region covered with thick snow from October to March, only the season from February to October is suitable for farming. But now in winter it is not snowing or even raining has started to become normal. Rainfall has increased. 45-year-old Chhimi Gurung of Waragung Muktikshetra Rural Municipality-3 Chuksang has grown cucumber, bitter gourd, okra and gourd in her garden for the first time. ``Cucumbers and bitter gourds were not expected to bear fruit, they were planted in Baisakh and bore well in August, and lasted until October,'' she said.