{"id":41073,"date":"2026-01-28T14:51:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=41073"},"modified":"2026-01-28T14:51:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:06:59","slug":"lamjung-earns-over-rs-243-million-from-cardamom-sales-this-fy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/lamjung-earns-over-rs-243-million-from-cardamom-sales-this-fy\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamjung earns over Rs 243 million from cardamom sales this FY"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Lamjung, Jan 28: Lamjung district has generated more than Rs 243 million from the sales of black cardamom in the ongoing fiscal year 2025\/26, despite a slight decline in the production.<\/p>\n<p>According to Hari Bahadur Mijar, Agriculture Officer at the National Agriculture Modernization Project Implementation Unit, Lamjung, farmers sold 135 metric tonnes of black cardamom produced in the district this year.<\/p>\n<p>The aromatic spice fetched Rs 243 million in total as the price ranged from Rs 1,800 to Rs 2,500 per kg, informed officer Mizar.<\/p>\n<p>He mentioned that although the production decreased this year compared to the previous fiscal year, higher market price helped boost overall earnings.<br \/>\nLast fiscal year 2024\/25, Lamjung earned over Rs 220 million from the sale of 150 metric tonnes of black cardamom, which was priced between Rs 1,500 and Rs 2,400 per kilogram.<\/p>\n<p>He attributed the favorable prices to decline in black cardamom production in neighbouring India, which increased demand for Nepalis produce.<br \/>\nOften referred as &#8216;Black Gold&#8217;, black cardamom has become an increasingly lucrative cash crop for farmers in Nepal including Lamjung.<\/p>\n<p>Farmers here earned more than Rs 240 million by selling 251 metric tonnes of black cardamom in the fiscal year 2023\/24 when the spice was price around Rs 1,200 per kg.<br \/>\nLikewise, in the preceding year 2022\/23, income stood at Rs 200 million from 380 metric tonnes, sold at Rs 550 to Rs 700 per kg.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, farmers earned Rs 150 million from the sale of 335 metric tonnes of black cardamom in the fiscal year 2021\/22. They generated Rs 182 million from selling 3,500 quintals in the fiscal year 2020\/21.<\/p>\n<p>The record of fiscal year 2019\/20 shows that farmers gained Rs 120 million income from the sales of 2,000 quintals of black cardamom that year.<\/p>\n<p>Although black cardamom is cultivated over 750 hectares of land in the district, production currently takes place across 375 hectares, according to the National Agriculture Modernization Project Implementation Unit, Lamjung.<\/p>\n<p>The project has declared Marsyangdi Rural Municipality, Besisahar Municipality, Kholasothar Rural Municipality, Dudhpokhari Rural Municipality, and Dordi Rural Municipality as cardamom zone pocket areas.<\/p>\n<p>The area has been declared as a pocket area because it produces the highest amount of cardamom in the district.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lamjung, Jan 28: Lamjung district has generated more than Rs 243 million from the sales of black cardamom in the ongoing fiscal year 2025\/26, despite a slight decline in the production. According to Hari Bahadur Mijar, Agriculture Officer at the National Agriculture Modernization Project Implementation Unit, Lamjung, farmers sold 135 metric tonnes of black cardamom [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41073"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41074,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41073\/revisions\/41074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}