Shanti Thakuri, 32 years old and Harikumar Thakuri, 34 years old, a couple from Jhamdi Jhagade village, Bhumlu rural municipality-9 of Kavre, have become an exemplary couple who can earn good income from farming. Mangge is earning income by digging up barren fields and cultivating vegetables.
35 Golvenda plants planted in the plantations have grown in abundance at the moment. The golvenda planted in July is now available for the Thakuri couple to pick.
7/8 people are engaged in farming daily after not being able to pick golvenda alone. After picking and putting a chang on the head, the golvenda Hari brings it home and after 'grading', they take it to Kalimati in Kathmandu for sale in the evening.
As the price of Golvenda is good in the market now, there is hope of peace that more profit can be made this time. According to him, the benefit was also good because he got a good price during Dasain.
"At that time, we sold from 3,000 to 2,800 rupees per crate," she said. The price of Golvenda is not always the same, now the price has decreased a little, we are selling it up to 1500 rupees.'
According to him, we have estimated that this year we will earn a total of 20 to 22 lakh rupees from Golvenda. It is estimated that the couple will make a profit of 16 to 18 million after deducting the investment.
"Earlier, this field was barren except for corn," said Shanti, "rather than keeping the field barren, it was started to be planted commercially as it would be better to plant golvenda." According to her, golvenda cultivation is also done in two ways. "One type is done by using irrigation in tunnels," she said, "the other type is using tunnels and irrigation without irrigation. Due to the problem of irrigation in this place, we have cultivated Golvenda without tunnels and irrigation without irrigation."
According to Shanti, the golvenda planted in the tunnel lasts a little longer because it is protected from the sun. Golvenda planted here is difficult to protect if it rains heavily. But she said that it does not require much effort like the Golvenda which is used in the tunnel. This couple has started Golvenda farming professionally since 8 years. Hari himself used to reach Kalimati in Kathmandu to sell Golvenda.
The earthquake in 2072 brought a new turn in their lives. Before the earthquake, the Thakuri couple was thinking of going abroad. "I was preparing to go to Malaysia because I couldn't do anything good in Nepal," said Hari, "We were living in a food store in Kathmandu's Thamel, I got a visa within a week of investing in the store, I canceled my plan to go abroad because of the investment in the store, business was going well, after a while The earthquake hit, we returned to the village when we were unable to stay in Kathmandu. Shanti had prepared to go to Dubai. Both returned to the village after the earthquake. She said that she first raised chickens thinking that it would be better to do agriculture in the village. "After raising chickens, we also thought about whether to cultivate golvenda," she said, "There is a lot of irrigation problem here." He says, "If you do the work abroad here in Nepal, you can make a good income. When the price of Golvenda is good, you can make a profit of 17/18 lakh rupees annually, and even when it is good, you can make a profit of 10/12 lakh rupees."
