File photo of apple tree 16 Baisakh, Jumla. The apple orchards here are flourishing. The apple orchards planted by the Jumli farmers have blossomed in this season. All the eight farmers at the local level are dependent on apple cultivation. Dal Bahadur Rawat, apple farmer of Tila Rural Municipality-2, said that the apple orchard of … Read more
November 13, Myagdi. Apples worth Rs 50 crore have been exported from Mustang this year. According to Krishi Gyan Kendra, 70 percent of the six thousand six hundred metric tons or four thousand six hundred and twenty metric tons of apples produced in Mustang were exported. The price of Mustang apples, which were sold at … Read more
12 November, Kathmandu. Corruption has been found in programs aimed at improving the living standards of farmers in the Himalayan region and making them economically strong. The local government has put in place a program to provide winter fruit seedlings, apples, walnuts, mushroom seeds and organic pesticides. Misuse of authority Commission filed a complaint in … Read more
October 24, Zhang. Janak Bohra of Bengal Municipality-3 stayed on weekdays at Chainpur, the headquarters for the Sildevi Mela. On his way back, he kept looking for apples for Koseli, even the apples that grew in the saplings. The market fluctuated once a day. On the day he was about to go home, Saipa found … Read more
October 3, Galkot. Jum Bahadur Budhathoki Magar, 73, of Nisikhola Rural Municipality-5 Mas village of Baglung, planted apple saplings in the traditional way in 2048. He did not care for apple cultivation, which he planted only on some of the 15 orchards in the village of Maas. Due to armed police and Maoist conflict, Jum … Read more
August 11, Gamgarhi. The family of Visnamaya Rokaya of Talcha, Chhayanath Rara Municipality-5 of Mugu is currently busy picking apples grown in their orchard. Similarly, Hari Bahadur Bham of Ward No. 4 is also engaged in taking apples. Not only Rokaya and Bham, but everyone in the village is keen to get apples. At present, … Read more
file picture August 8, joke. The apple farmers of Jumla are in a hurry to pick apples in the orchard this year. Mane Rawat, an apple farmer of Tila Rural Municipality-1, told as soon as he sold apples full of sweetness. Apples are picked from the orchard and sold. “I have used local varieties of … Read more
August 7, Kathmandu. Production of apple, the main fruit exported from Mustang, has increased this year. According to Krishi Gyan Kendra, apple production is expected to increase by 15 per cent this year as compared to last year. The head of the center, Prakash Bastakoti, said that the weather is favorable, the pest problem has … Read more
August 1, Manang. The farmers of the Himalayan district of Manang are attracted towards hybrid apple cultivation. Sol Bahadur Gurung of Nason Rural Municipality-8, Tzai said that now the hybrid apple production has started at home due to easy and fast production and returns. “I have planted hybrid apples because they produce more than regular … Read more
July 25, Gandaki. It may come as a surprise to hear that, while the Mustang’s latte once grew well, no longer produces apples. Apple cultivation has also stopped in Kovang above Leyte. Till today, about a decade and a half ago, apples did not grow above 3000 meters above sea level, but now apples have … Read more