Farmers harvest marsh rice alongside festivals in jumla
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Farmers in Jumla, Nepal are currently very busy harvesting marsh rice, a locally important crop.
Sunita Pandey of Tatopani Village Municipality stated the harvest adds to the demands on farmers during the Dashain festival. Ram Bhakta Adhikari, head of the Agriculture Development Office in Jumla, explained that marsh rice is tied to the identity of the Jumla region and has a specific growing season.
Farmers are spending their days in the fields, beginning early in the morning and working late into the evening to bring in the harvest. The Agriculture Development Office reports that farmers in the district cultivate rice across 2,850 hectares of land, with the area dedicated to marsh rice gradually increasing in recent years. This year, farmers planted marsh rice on 1,200 hectares, a decrease from the 1,500 hectares planted last year.
Alongside the marsh rice, farmers are also growing varieties of rice recommended by the Agricultural Research Center, including Chandannath-1, Chandannath-3, Lekali-1, and Lekali-3.
