Orange production has dropped in Nepal’s Lamjung district. The decrease in production has been attributed to disease in the orange plants as well as lack of sufficient care of the orange orchards. Farmers have said that there has been a decrease in production even in high-productivity areas such as Chiti, Gaonsahar, Simpani, Bhorletar, Kuncha, Gahte, Duradanda, Rainas, Bhoje and Udipur.
Information officer at Agriculture Knowledge Centre, Bijay Paudel, said 400 tons of oranges have been produced in the current fiscal year from the orange plantations in an area of 130 hectares in the district. In the last fiscal year, 525 tons of oranges were produced in 125 hectares of land in the district. Hence, although the area under orange cultivation has increased the production has decreased by 125 tons.
Source: myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com