Akala Namuna Small Farmers Agricultural Cooperatives export Churpi to America
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Kathmandu: Akala Namuna Small Farmers Agricultural Cooperatives has been successfully exporting Churpi to the US.
Cooperatives located in Waling Municipality-8 of Syangja have been exporting Churpi to the US. Churpi or hardened cheese costs Rs 1,000 and 1,100 per kilogram.
‘The churpi produced by our cooperatives is exported to the US,’ said the Chairperson of the cooperatives, Punya Prasad Aryal, Around 800 to 1,100 liters of milk is collected daily at this dairy operated by the small farmers’ cooperative.
‘We have been providing a 50 percent subsidy to the farmers for agricultural materials, seeds, and grass plants,’ Lakshmi Pokharel Regmi, the manager of the cooperative said. In collaboration with the Prime Minister’s Agricultural Digitization Project, a 50 percent subsidy has been provided to 10 farmers under the ‘Buffalor Subsidy Program’ in the last financial year.
He also shared that 28 farmers have been given grants under the ‘Storage Improvement Program’. Established in 2075 BS, the cooperative has 2,850 shareholders.
The cooperative has also decided to conduct a free animal insurance program under the Livestock Protection Program in the current financial year. ‘The cooperative is working according to the plan to make the farmers independent and self-employed,’ said Regmi.
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