Road access boosts Karnali’s apple trade, quality challenges persist

Since July 6, when the Humla headquarters was connected to the national road network, apples from Humla have begun reaching major cities by truck.

Bhim Bahadur Rokaya of Simkot Rural Municipality–7 in Humla has planted around 300 apple trees on nearly nine ropanis of land. Of these, about 200 trees bore fruit last year, producing roughly 50 quintals of apple.