Taplejung exports cardamom worth Rs 1.35 billion in year

Cardamom farmers in Taplejung have secured an income of Rs 1.35 billion in a year.

Farmers of cardamom pocket zone produced 2,006 metric tonnes of cardamom in a year and of the total product, they export 2,000 metric tonnes worth Rs 1.35 billion, said the Prime Minister Agriculture Modernisation Project, Cardamom Zone Office, Taplejung.

The data shows that around six tonnes of cardamom was consumed within the district. Though cardamom zone covers an area of 3,700 hectares of an area, only 3,400 hectares of land is productive, said Cardamom Zone Agriculture Development officer Shambhu Prasad Dev.

The cardamom cultivation has been done at almost all wards of Phungling municipality-11. Likewise, it takes place at all six wards of Maiwakhola rural municipality followed by six wards of Phaktanglung rural municipality and five wards at Mikkakhola rural municipality.