Former Minister Aryal stresses commercial farming

SYANGJA, June 21: Former Minister for Agriculture and Livestock, Padma Kumari Aryal, has urged the farmers to involve in commercial farming.

Inaugurating a training on commercial vegetable farming organized by Rural Agriculture Cooperative Association at Bayerghari here Monday, the former minister Aryal viewed once the land pooling was adopted for modern farming, it could enhance agricultural products and address the unemployment problems.

Twenty-five farmers attended the training organized with the assistance of Ministry of Land Management in the province, according to Association Manager Saraswati Adhikari.

The three-day training on commercial vegetable farming was organized under the entrepreneurship development programme, said Chairperson of District Cooperatives Association, Laxmi Pati Poudel.