Baglung, March 1 -- Scores of farmers in Khorpokhara, Bihadi rural municipality, Parbat, are busy working their fields.

Some dig up potatoes, while others remove potato leaves and do "haulm pulling"-a practice that helps store potatoes for a longer time.

Around 19 farmers affiliated with the Shivaji Khola Farmers' Group have cultivated potatoes on 50 ropanis of land. They aim to earn around Rs100,000 each selling the vegetable.

The "Janakdev" variety of potatoes is currently being harvested. The farmers of Khorpokhara, who planted these potatoes in November, hope to harvest 30 tonnes for the first time.

According to the farmers, they can sell the potatoes directly from the field at Rs50 per kilogram.

Khagendra Prasad Tiwari, secretar...