Charikot (Dolakha), Mar. 25:After Dolakha District Agriculture Development Office specified Suri and Marbu VDCs as the pocket areas for cardamom cultivation, the farmers have started cultivating it.

Cultivation of cardamom has been started on 15 hectares of land in the area since 2054 B.S.

Cardamom is produced three years after its cultivation. The farmers of the pocket areas have succeeded in producing 900 kg of cardamom and earned Rs 150,000 from it.

As the land in Dolakha district is suitable for growing cardamom, there is good prospect for its cultivation there.

About 150,000 cardamom seedling of Ramsai and Golsai species were brought from Cardamom Development Centre in  Ilam and distributed to the farmers of the pocket areas.

As cardamom, once sown, can be produced continuously for 15 years, Tamchet, Dudhpokhari, Jhule, Sundrwati, Sumsukhami, etc VDCs, which are also suitable for growing it, will be developed as pocket areas and it will be cultivated there, it is learnt.

Cardamom Development Centre, Ilam has set up a model garden at Bhimeshwar Municipality ward No. 2 Tikhatal to make cardamom cultivation effective in the district.

The dried ginger and cardamom development section, Khumaltar has constructed a cardamom kiln at the same place.