Betel leaf farming proving fruitful
Commercial betel leaf farming has started for the first time in Jhapa. Farmers of Arjundhara in the district are engaged in collective betel leaf farming. Farmer Dinbandhu Pokharel, a member of the group, said that the commercial leaf farming has been started in five kattha of land by forming Kalisthan Farmers Group. The group started the cultivation by bringing ‘Bengali Jaji’ variety of betel plant seedlings from Kolkata, India. Almost 80 percent of the betel leaves imported to Nepal belongs to this variety, said Gopal Shiwakoti, another member of the group.
Likewise, farmer Sant Bahadur...