Farmers in Bhojpur Embrace Commercial Apple Cultivation Following Local Government Promotion

Bhojpur. Farmers in Baikunthe, Ward No. 6 of Ramprasad Rai Rural Municipality, have started commercial apple farming. Local farmers have been organized and attracted to this venture after the ward launched an apple cultivation promotion program.

Approximately one thousand improved variety apple saplings have been distributed in the areas of Bakpa, Bhamla, Upper Chapgaun's Dingla, and Choktang. The grafted saplings were brought from Solukhumbu and distributed to the farmers. Last year, around 1,800 saplings were planted on more than 100 ropanis of land in the villages of Samke and Tamalung alone.