Country can be transformed economically through agriculture: Israeli Ambassador Goder

March 17, Damak: Ambassador of Israel to Nepal Hanan Goder has said that agriculture is not a hobby but a profession and way of life. Stating that there were enough opportunities to transform Nepal economically, he suggested that such opportunities should be explored.

Ambassador Goder said this while observing an agriculture farm run at Damak-3 in the Jhapa district run by  Mansarobar Agriculture Cooperative.

Praising the farm run through the use of modern technology, he said any country could transform economically through agriculture referring to Israel which according to him faced scarcity of foods some 70 years ago and but now is exporting agricultural products.

“Ambassador Goder interacted with the proprietor and other office-bearers of the cooperative on prospects of agriculture in Nepal”, said the cooperative’s manager Mahendra Adhikari.

Run with subsidies from the Government of Nepal, the cooperative produces and marketizes agricultural products.

Present on the occasion were Damak Municipality mayor Rom Nath Oli, chief of the Prime Minister Agriculture Modernisation Implementation Unit, Jhapa, Rabindra Subedi, and chief of the Agriculture Knowledge Centre Jhapa Nilkamal Singh.