‘Production in Karnali, Business in Kathmandu’

Kathmandu .The organic products of different parts of the country, including Karnali have been made available here. An ‘Organic Market’ has come into operation at Kapan in Budhanilkantha municipality focusing on the use and promotion of organic agricultural produce.

As informed, marsi rice of Jumla, beans of Humla, millet of Mugu, herbs of Dolpa and other food items are available in the market which has been operated with the objective of bringing organic products collected from all 753 municipalities of the country to the consumers. The market has been initiated with the objective of encouraging farmers of Karnali to take up farming. Company’s owner Suman Dahal told RSS that the market has been operated by branding the agricultural produce as per the concept of ‘one local level, one product;.

“The objective of the market is to promote not only the products of Karnali but also agricultural products, herbal cosmetics, spices, ginger, garlic paste, handicraft goods and indigenously identified items produced in all the seven provinces of the country”, he said. It is largely to contribute to the country’s agriculture and rural development in the long run.