Upadhyay enjoying Banana farming in Banke

By Gajendra Gurung, Khajura, Nov 17: Hari Prasad Upadhaya of Khujara Rural Municipality, Banke, has been doing banana farming for the last eight years.

His banana farming is now limited to only three bigahs of land from 10 bigahs of land in the past.

Upadhaya said, “Provincial government had provided assistance in the past, however, the farm has shrunk into 3 bigahs land from previous 10 bigahs land after the curtailment of assistance from the different sources".  

He informed that Lumbini Province provided grant for building storage in 2075/76 B.S. which has helped in storing the banana.  

In his farm, there are more than 1,500 banana trees and 3,000 small plants are growing in the field. 

He said, “The banana is supplied to local market”.  Updhaya said, “The price of per dozen of ripen banana is Rs 60  while that for aw banana is Rs 50”. 

He said, “I, my wife and son are engaged in the farming. One technician is hired on a monthly payment basis and the locals come to work on wage basis when needed”. 

In the end, he added that earning is not as good as it used to be in the past.