Apples from Himachal Pradesh to boost economy of Nepal

Apples from Himachal Pradesh are set to boost the economy of Nepal and its farmers in Nepal are expected to reap high profits from the high yielding variety of apples that are being imported from Nauni, Solan district of Himachal Pradesh.
Nearly 2000 root stocks of apple plants have been imported by Nepalese farmers and these have the capacity to produce 25 metric tonnes per hectare. The Nepal government had introduced apples in Jumla in the 1970s and they too were procured from Himachal Pradesh.
This has been reported in thestatesman.com dated 18 January 2017.

Right now, apple is grown on 5063 hectare area with a production of around 43,000 metric tonnes per year and the per hectare production at present stands between 5 to 8 metric tonnes.
However, apple growing areas in Nepal are situated in remote places in the mid and high mountains. These areas are not easily accessible to motor roads and, therefore, essential inputs like fertilizers, plant protection chemicals and horticulture tools etc are not regularly available.


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