Farmers in Taplejung busy in harvesting cardamom

TAPLEJUNG, NOVEMBER 2 : Farmers in  theTaplejung district now seem  busy in harvesting cardamom, with the festive season coming to an end. They are picking, peeling, and exposing this dried fruit to the sun. The season beginning from mid-September to mid-December is a prime time for harvesting it. Gyan Bahadur Gurung, a cardamom farmer of Pathivara Yangwarak rural municipality-1, Thechambu, said the farmers have stepped up their preparations to pick and harvest cardamom due to the possible menace of wildlife.

He further said they did not conveniently celebrate this year's festivals such as Dashain and Tihar due to cardamom season. The farmers had to spend their time on cardamom farms even during the festivals as it was the main season for harvesting, said Basanta Limbu, a farmer of Faktanglung rural municipality-6. Madibung.

Likewise, Khongdu Sherpa, a farmer of Fungling municipality-6, Bihibare, said they were entirely busy picking, peeling,, and basking cardamom during the Tihar festival. As there is a rising fear of wildlife rampage. the farmers had devoted their effort to timely harvest cardamom yields, he added. It is high time for entire cardamom farmers across the district to harvest their yields.

here is massive cardamom farming in 60 wards of all nine local-level units in the district. Cardamom has been cultivated in around 4,450 hectares of land in the district.

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