MUSTANG: Mustang district produced potatoes worth Rs 628 million in the current fiscal year, according to the Agriculture Knowledge Center Office, Mustang.

The Office shared that five local levels in the district harvested 9,665 metric tonnes of potato after farming in 478 hectares of land in the fiscal year 2082/83 BS.

In the last fiscal year, the farmers grew a total of 8,496 metric tonnes of potato by farming in 460 hectares of land, the Office stated.

Chief of Office Rajesh Gurung said that both production and productivity of potato increased this year compared to the last year, which resulted in growth of Rs 118.4 million in value.

Gurung mentioned that productivity of potato remained 20.22 metric tonnes per hectares this year and the potato farming was done in 18 hectares of additional land compared to the last fiscal year.

The farmers got good price for their products this year in Mustang. According to Gurung, the farmers got Rs 5 more per kilogram for the sale of potato this year compared to the last year. This year, the average price of potato was Rs 65 per kilogram.