Anbukhaireni Rural Municipality opts for avocado farming

 The Anbukhareni Rural Municipality in Tanahun district has opted for commercial avocado farming as an intervention to grow more agricultural produce for better livelihood options for the locals.

As part of 'One Ward, One Production', the rural municipality distributed a total of 1,840 avocado plants in its ward no. 2 by offering 75 percent in subsidy to the farmers, chief administrative officer of the rural municipality Bishnu Prasad Sharma said.

The farmers were provided with the avocado plants as it start yielding in three to five years and is profitable in terms of production and market as well.

Likewise, the Agriculture Knowledge Centre in the district said that avocado farming is kept a priority in the district under the fruit areas development program.

The Centre has also grown avocado saplings from last year.

Avocado farming could be done from 200 meters to 1,600 meters above sea level and the district's climate and land's altitude is appropriate for growing avocado.

Chairman of Anbukhareni Rural Municipality Shukra Chuman said that avocado farming was started in the rural municipality by utilizing the barren land to ensure income for local beneficiaries and grow local productions.

The farmers get competitive prices of avocados in the local market and its demand is still high in the hospitality sector.