Cardamom cultivation test successful in Beni
Summary
Cardamom cultivation in Beni municipality-3’s Musung village has proved successful on a trial basis and is now expanding commercially. Farmers have started planting cardamom on more than 20 ropanis of land after favorable weather, geography and market prices supported the crop.
Key Points
- Cardamom cultivation on a trial basis in Beni municipality-3, Musung village, has been successful.
- The successful trial has encouraged other farmers to expand cardamom farming commercially.
- More than 20 ropanis of land have been brought under cardamom cultivation after clearing bushes from barren and wetland areas.
- Agriculture officer Akriti Dhungana said Ramshahi, Golshahi and Dammar Shahi are among the cardamom species cultivated in Nepal.
