Garlic is not getting a good market value in Nepal

RUKUM, August 1: Farmers complain that the garlic produced in Chunwang Rural Municipality-9 located in Rukum 9-East, a pocket area of garlic, is not getting a fair price in the market. Currently, the price of garlic in the market outside is Rs 50 to 60 per kg. Chunwanga’s garlic producing farmers want to sell garlic at the rate of Rs 100 per kg even as the price of garlic is not likely to rise above Rs 50 per kg. Ganju Khadka, a garlic producer in Chunwang, said that since no one bought garlic at 100 per kilo, now garlic is stockpiled in households. He said that now he only has around 10 quintals of garlic. Khadka, who produced 18 quintals of garlic last year, said that now the production has decreased. He said that not even a little bit of garlic was sold due to not getting a proper price this year. According to him, now every house in Chunwang has around 3 to 10 quintals of garlic. Chunwang's former ward president Pravesh Pun said that the farmers' garlic that was offered at the ...