Farmers get raw deal as middlemen take the lion's share

Ginger, tea and cardamom growers are forced to sell their produce for whatever prices they can get due to obstacles in exporting agro products to India.

Pema Yolmo of Ramphok village in the eastern hill district of Ilam collected a bumper ginger harvest earlier this year. He took home 3.2 tonnes of the root, which is prized as a spice, and was expecting to have a good year.