Nepal farmers brew success with coffee cultivation



Coffee, for many of us, is a daily fix. But few would relate to it as being a life changer.

However, for Hom Raj Giri, a farmer in Nepal, that is exactly what coffee has been.

For decades, Mr Giri, like many other Nepalese farmers, was struggling to make money out of his farm. That was until he was introduced to the world of coffee farming.

"I earn three times more income from coffee than by cultivating millet and maize," Mr Giri tells the BBC at his farm located in the picturesque Khavre district in central Nepal.

He talks enthusiastically about coffee as he shows me around his farm where other members of his family are busy washing and drying the harvested coffee beans.

"It doesn't require any fertiliser. The wholesalers come to our home to buy coffee beans, which means you don't need to take it to market by yourself," he adds.

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