Cut flower business in Nepal

Nepal is rich in biodiversity having 6500 species of flowers, bushes and trees blooming in the uphill of the Himalayas to Terai. Due to the favorable climate, cheap labor, and suitable soil floriculture can be one of the prominent enterprises especially in hills and inner plains. For the promising development of floriculture the cut flower has played significant role in Nepal. Cut flower is an emerging business having a short history in Nepal. It started from Kathmandu and expanded to cities like Biratnagar, Dharan, Chitwan and Pokhara. For the upliftment of the cut flower and for the promotion of its business the FAN (Floriculture Association of Nepal) was established in collaboration with AEC (Agro-enterprises Centre) in 15th November 1992 with 10 founder members from nurserymen and people interested in floriculture at the C.D.O. office of Lalitpur district. FAN now having 208 members from all over Nepal. The floriculture wholesale market was established in August 31, 1998 by FAN.
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