Country first cardamom cooperatives
ILAM:
The cardamom farmers in Phuyatappa and Maimajhuwa VDCs of Ilam district have formed two separate Cardamom Producers Cooperative Organisations as an attempt to encourage the cardamom farmers.
The two cooperatives are the first cooperatives of its kind though different others cooperatives focusing on milk, tea and other products were formed earlier.
Himali Cardamom Producers Cooperative in Phuyatappa-7 and Maimajhuwa Cardamom Producers Cooperative in Maimjhuwa-7 were registered as the first cooperatives of its kind in the country, said the Cooperative Division Office.
After constituting the cooperatives, the farmers have united against the diseases occurred in cardamom plants.
Altogether 40 farmers have joined the Himali Cardamom Producers Cooperative while 29 cardamom farmers are affiliated to the Maimajhuwa Cardamom Producers Cooperative.
The Cooperative Division Office has said that the office is thinking to provide trainings on cardamom farming, its procession and marketing to the cooperatives.
Source: THT
The cardamom farmers in Phuyatappa and Maimajhuwa VDCs of Ilam district have formed two separate Cardamom Producers Cooperative Organisations as an attempt to encourage the cardamom farmers.
The two cooperatives are the first cooperatives of its kind though different others cooperatives focusing on milk, tea and other products were formed earlier.
Himali Cardamom Producers Cooperative in Phuyatappa-7 and Maimajhuwa Cardamom Producers Cooperative in Maimjhuwa-7 were registered as the first cooperatives of its kind in the country, said the Cooperative Division Office.
After constituting the cooperatives, the farmers have united against the diseases occurred in cardamom plants.
Altogether 40 farmers have joined the Himali Cardamom Producers Cooperative while 29 cardamom farmers are affiliated to the Maimajhuwa Cardamom Producers Cooperative.
The Cooperative Division Office has said that the office is thinking to provide trainings on cardamom farming, its procession and marketing to the cooperatives.
Source: THT
