The 13th Godavari Flower Exhibition kicked off today at Jawalakhel Football Ground in Lalitpur. The four-day exhibition is organised by Floriculture Association Nepal (FAN) targeting Tihar, the second biggest festival of Nepal also popularly known as festival of light and flowers.
Inaugurating the exhibition, agriculture minister Chakrapani Khanal expressed commitment to help promote commercial flower business. “The government is aware about the hurdles for the commercial flower businesses in the country,” he said, assuring that the government will soon bring policies to regulate and develop flower business.
The minister, on the occasion, also requested florists to come forward with their issues and plans on how to promote flower business. “The government is always ready to cooperate with the entrepreneurs to make the country self-reliant in flowers,” he said, again assuring that entrepreneurs need not worry about lack of budget to get their concerns addressed.
Organised to promote floriculture business and increase the production of flowers in Nepal by creating competitive environment among the flower entrepreneurs, Godavari Flower Exhibition will continue till Monday. The exhibition has a total of 44 stalls of flowers and four information centres. The organisers expect around 35,000 foot fall with transactions worth around Rs 5 million.
The stalls also showcase 16 new species of Godavari plant, which were brought from different countries as mother plants. Different types of flower with seasonal flowers like Sayapatri (Marigold) and Makhamali (Gomphrena globosa) are also available in the stalls.
During the inauguration ceremony the minister also handed over prizes to the winners of flower competition. Samjhana Nursery won the title prize of the Godavari Flower Exhibition, TPR Miteri Nursery grabbed second prize and TTR Bangalamukhi Nursery secured the third prize in the competition. Along with the certificates, the first, second and third winners also received cash purse of Rs 10,000, Rs 6,000 and Rs 4,000, respectively.
Likewise, in miniature category Ajima Nursery and in cut-flower category, Srijana Cut Flower Nursery was awarded. Samjhana Nursery has been awarded in four different categories.
According to the FAN, the production of flower is increasing in Nepal as 88 per cent of the local demand is met by local production. The consumption of flowers is highest during the Tihar festivals. “This year for Tihar, Nepal will import 200,000 flower garlands from other countries,” the association informed, adding that the production of flowers is increasing in Nepal due to use of different modern technologies in farming, and most of the people are interested in doing floriculture business due to easy return of investment.
Inaugurating the exhibition, agriculture minister Chakrapani Khanal expressed commitment to help promote commercial flower business. “The government is aware about the hurdles for the commercial flower businesses in the country,” he said, assuring that the government will soon bring policies to regulate and develop flower business.
The minister, on the occasion, also requested florists to come forward with their issues and plans on how to promote flower business. “The government is always ready to cooperate with the entrepreneurs to make the country self-reliant in flowers,” he said, again assuring that entrepreneurs need not worry about lack of budget to get their concerns addressed.
Organised to promote floriculture business and increase the production of flowers in Nepal by creating competitive environment among the flower entrepreneurs, Godavari Flower Exhibition will continue till Monday. The exhibition has a total of 44 stalls of flowers and four information centres. The organisers expect around 35,000 foot fall with transactions worth around Rs 5 million.
The stalls also showcase 16 new species of Godavari plant, which were brought from different countries as mother plants. Different types of flower with seasonal flowers like Sayapatri (Marigold) and Makhamali (Gomphrena globosa) are also available in the stalls.
During the inauguration ceremony the minister also handed over prizes to the winners of flower competition. Samjhana Nursery won the title prize of the Godavari Flower Exhibition, TPR Miteri Nursery grabbed second prize and TTR Bangalamukhi Nursery secured the third prize in the competition. Along with the certificates, the first, second and third winners also received cash purse of Rs 10,000, Rs 6,000 and Rs 4,000, respectively.
Likewise, in miniature category Ajima Nursery and in cut-flower category, Srijana Cut Flower Nursery was awarded. Samjhana Nursery has been awarded in four different categories.
According to the FAN, the production of flower is increasing in Nepal as 88 per cent of the local demand is met by local production. The consumption of flowers is highest during the Tihar festivals. “This year for Tihar, Nepal will import 200,000 flower garlands from other countries,” the association informed, adding that the production of flowers is increasing in Nepal due to use of different modern technologies in farming, and most of the people are interested in doing floriculture business due to easy return of investment.
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