Kumari Tamang of Shailung-6 Chisapani, who is preparing to sell potatoes in front of her house, has a special glow on her face. Potatoes planted in winter are ready to sell in the field. She is digging potatoes. Potatoes are the main source of income for the residents of nine local levels of the district.

Shailung rural municipality exports the most from the district. The happy face of Kumari shows the increase in potato production due to favorable weather. 

"I have estimated that potato production will increase this year," she said, "Potatoes are the main source of income, so we have to cover the expenses for the year." She thinks that up to 4/5 lakh potatoes will be sold this year. "The price has not been set yet, the contractor will come and set the price," she said, "we got the right price last year, let's see what happens this year." ! "We run our house by farming potatoes in Shailung, it hurts when the potatoes we produce are sold as end-of-life, we ask them to call them Shailung potatoes, why is it that after taking them there, they call them mudekai potatoes." According to the statistics of Krishi Gyan Kendra, potatoes are being cultivated on 1,400 hectares in Shailung rural municipality. Barkhe and seed potatoes worth 30 million rupees were exported from Shailung last year. With the introduction of potatoes in Shailung, the cultivation of cabbage and cabbage begins. 

Bhakta Bahadur Magar of Shailung-8 Sarangthali is also happy after the potato harvest this year. "Potatoes are more expensive this year than last year," he said, "The grain is also good, the price the contractor will give has not been decided yet." He also complains like a virgin that he is treated badly when he takes potatoes from Shailung and sells them as 'mudeko alu'.

'Shouldn't our product have the name of our place? It is produced in Shailung, but the name is from another place," he said. "Who will do the job of identifying the potatoes of our garden?

Shailung has developed as a pocket area of ​​potato production. Farmers here start digging the potatoes planted in November-January from June. Hilamme had been suffering losses every year due to the road. The farmers of Shailung will not have to bear such losses from this year as black paper and gravel roads have been built that will last for twelve months. "For years, we were losing and not getting the price because of the bad roads," he said, "that tension has gone away, now cars come from the main pitch road leading to the market." This year, he said, he is preparing to send potatoes worth Rs.

Most of the farmers in the upper areas of Shailung depend on potatoes for their household expenses, from festivals to their children's education. Ordinary farmers who plant potatoes on more than 50,000 lands earn up to 12 lakhs from dry potatoes. 

Shailung-6 Kshatra Bahadur Shrestha of Chisapani does not sell potatoes to contractors. He is thinking of reaching the market himself and fixing the price and shipping it. "In the past, the contractor did not give us a price because the road was not good," he said, "now the road is also good, I will take it to the market myself." His complaints are similar to those of the virgins and devotees. "We sell the potatoes we produce in the market now as Shailung potatoes," he said, "Our hard work has not been unjustified." He said that the farmers should wake up now to identify Shailung potatoes.

The weather needed for potatoes is good this year, so the grains are good, he said. He said that he sold potatoes worth 5 lakhs last year. ``Let's see if 6 lakh worth of potatoes will be sold this year,'' he said, ``It is under the soil, it looks good, it is spread well, it will be found after digging.''

Makar Bahadur Tamang, president of Small Farmers and Agricultural Cooperative Organization Sildhunga, said that the potatoes were sent to the market under the name of Mude Market in Lisankhupakhar Rural Municipality-5 of Sindhupalchok at that time, which was branded as 'Mudeko Alu' by the Agricultural Development Office. But he said that because the potato grading of that brand is fine, the brand has been discontinued. "Mude has been famous since long ago, so we sent it to the market with the name," he said, "but the seeds should be brought from Shailung, it seems that the potatoes coming from that area have been known by the same name since the past." "Mude area also has dry potatoes, the potatoes sold in the market in Chait-Vaisakh are from the farm," he said, "even if the locals don't call it "mude potatoes", the brand of "mude" is stuck in their minds.