Dhankuta district alone produced vegetables worth 4.35 billion in 1-year , here’s how

December 2,

According to the information provided by District Agriculture Development Office, Dhankuta district has produced and sold vegetables worth Rs 4.35 billion in the last one year. The District Agriculture Development Office has informed that rate of vegetable production and distribution has increasing with the increase in commercial vegetable farming and irrigation facilities in the region.  The district produces vegetables like cabbage, radish, potato, tomato, ‘akabare’ chili, beans etc.

According to the District Agriculture Development Office, this year there was no problem in marketing  of vegetables and the number of farmers in vegetable cultivation also increased along with the expansion of cultivable land as compared to last year.

The vegetation zones in the district range from sub-tropical Sal forest along the Tamur and Arun rivers, and cooler temperate forests on some of the high ridges that mark the watershed between the two catchments. The altitude ranges from around 300m to 2500m. The majority of the population are involved in agriculture and crops include maize, rice and millet. Important cash crops include citrus fruits, cauliflower, cabbage, ginger, and in recent years, tea. Due to production of large amount of cash crops  lot of money comes out of this district. A well-preserved forest (Rani Bhan – Queen’s Forest) spreads along a ridge line on the northwest side of the village, with well-developed mature stands of rhododendron and pine trees.

 

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