Agandhar Gautam, a farmer from Phungling-7, says that he harvests rice, dries the rice with the cut straw (called nihin) in the field, separates the dried nihin from the rice and straw, and stores the rice in a rice husk and straw bag.
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Farmers in eastern Nepal, who have had difficulty cultivating rice due to lack of irrigation, are currently busy bringing in their paddy crop. Those who are in a hurry to bring in the paddy, depending on the favorable weather conditions, are carrying sheaves on their heads, using sticks to pull the sheaves, and using hoe to blow the chaff into their homes.
तराईमा जस्तो थ्रेसर, यातायतको सुविधा नभएकाले श्रममा सक्रिय हुनुपरेको फुङलिङ नगरपालिका-७ का जीवन पालुङ्वा बताउॅछन् । असार/साउन र कात्तिक/मंसिर महिनालाई किसानले मानो खाएर मुरी भित्र्याउने समयको रुपमा लिने उनले बताए । धान काट्ने, काटेको परालसहितको धान (जसलाई निहिन भनिन्छ) लाई खेतमै सुकाउने, सुकेको निहिन उठाएर धान/पराल छुट्याउने तथा धान ढिकुटीमा र पराल खोल्मामा यात माच बनाएर राख्ने फुङलिङ-७ का किसान अगन्धर गौतम बताउॅछन् ।
ताप्लेजुङमा एक नगरपालिका र आठ गाउँपालिका छन् । जिल्लाका फक्ताङलुङ गाउँपालिका-७ ओलाङचुङगोलाबाहेकका सबै वडामा धान खेती हुन्छ । कृषि ज्ञान केन्द्र ताप्लेजुङका कृषि प्रसार अधिकृत विजय श्रेष्ठका अनुसार ताप्लेजुङमा ५ हजार ६ सय ६६ हेक्टर जमिनमा धानखेती हुने गरेको छ । समयमा वर्षा नहुँदा यस वर्ष ४ हजार ७ सय ९७ हेक्टर अर्थात् ८४.६ प्रतिशतमा मात्रै रोपाइँ भएको थियो । गत वर्ष ९८.५ प्रतिशतमा रोपाइँ भएको थियो ।
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