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Dang. The garden of Lokendra Roka Magar, a 39-year-old farmer from Jhingaura, Ghorahi Sub-metropolitan City-14, is still full of flowers. He is busy selling flowers and garlands even during the off-season.
He said, “These days, I have been selling flowers for Rs 400 per kilo and garlands for Rs 765 to Rs 790.” Flowers bloom in Magar’s garden not only during festivals but also before and after. He is satisfied with this business, which he has been cultivating flowers professionally. He said that the income side is also good. Before starting flower farming, he had gone for foreign employment.
‘I started flower farming after returning from working abroad for a long time,’ he said. ‘I have been earning more from flower farming than I have earned abroad. I am thinking of not going abroad now but rather expanding this business further.’
Roka Magar, who said he spent seven years in Qatar in the course of employment, started flower farming after seeing the demand for flowers in the district for festivals including Dashain and Tihar and other auspicious occasions. He has been cultivating flowers for the past 12 years.
He said that he had rented one and a half bighas of land during the last Tihar festival and was cultivating flowers, and currently he is producing centipede flowers in two katthas. He said that there is currently a demand for flower garlands from places like Ghorahi, Tulsipur, Lamahi and others.
‘Since there are many farmers in the district who grow flowers only during festivals, they are not able to supply flower garlands as per the demand during the off-season,’ he said. ‘During this time, flowers die due to cold, so it is difficult to preserve many, so flower cultivation cannot be done in a large area. The flowers that started being sold from the first week of Falgun will remain until Jestha.’ He said that flower garlands are being sold at various meetings, conferences, programs, weddings, and pujas.
Farmer Magar informed that he earned more than Rs 150,000 by selling flowers, garlands and various flower plants at the sixth Agriculture, Tourism and Trade Festival held in Jhingaura, Ghorahi-14 from Falgun 2 to 18. He has also been making and selling wedding garlands. He said that he sells the garlands for Rs. 1,000. Farmer Magar also produces Bijli flowers to make garlands.
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