Nepal, July 25 -- Coffee farming is gaining expansion in Koshi province, with commercial coffee farming beginning in 12 districts of the province.

Ananta Dhungana, the public information officer at the Regional Office of the National Tea and Coffee Development Board in Birtamod, has informed that coffee plantations have expanded over an area of more than 2,000 hectares in the province.

According to him, coffee is being cultivated commercially in Ilam, Dhankuta, Bhojpur, Khotang, Sankhuwasabha, Okhaldhunga, Solukhumbu, Tehrathum, Udayapur, Morang, Panchthar, and Taplejung districts.

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He further shared that more than 5,000 farmers are being engaged in coffee cul...