Tsirang is known for its quality oranges, but orange orchards in the dzongkhag are not producing as great a yield as they once used to. Worms have been attacking the oranges, causing them to drop off before ripening. The orange yield has been falling for 63-year-old Bakhu Drukpa from Kilkhorthang village. In 2011, Bakhu Drukpa earned about 1,00,000 and in 2012, he earned just a little over Nu.50,000. He is not very optimistic about this season’s yield either. “I don’t know if can earn what I earned last year, as I think the yield is going to be even less, this season. Worms have really affected my oranges”
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:23:43 +0000
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