Commercial fruit farming thrives in Myagdi

Farmers in the district earned Rs220 million by selling 3,690 tonnes of oranges in the last fiscal year, officials said.

Resham Budathoki of Mangala Rural Municipality sold 45,000 fruit saplings valued at Rs2 million from his Baranja Nursery in the last fiscal year. His customers came from Myagdi, Baglung and Kaski, and they bought orange, lemon, timmur (Sichuan pepper) and walnut saplings.