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Kathmandu Saturday April 28, 2001 Baishakh 15, 2058.
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Her Majesty
inaugurates Floriculture Trade Fair
Post Reporter
KATHMANDU, April 27- Her Majesty Queen
Aishwarya inaugurated the first "International Floriculture Trade Fair- 2001"
amid a function at the capital, today. The fair will continue till April 30 at
Bhirkutimandap.
The Fair consists exhibitions of various
types of roses, new floricultural technology, landscape, irrigation methods and hybrid
seeds. The Fair will also providean opportunity for buying and selling flowers, flower
plants and seeds.
On the occasion, President of Nepal Chamber
of Commerce and Industries, Pradeep Kumar Shreshtha, said that the floricultural business
was a promising enterprise for earning foreign exchange and in generating employment
opportunities.
Speaking on the occasion, Anup Rai,
President, FAN, said that this trade fair will provide a platform for growers, propagators
and suppliers from Nepal and India to display varieties of flowers for mutual trade. The
Fair will also put on exhibition the latest technology in this field.
"The experts and entrepreneurs in this
field will exchange knowledge during the trade fair," Rai said, adding, "There
is a need of adopting scientific methods to boost the floriculture business in
Nepal."
Her Majesty the Queen gave away prizes to
various established nurseries in Kathmandu, during the inauguration programme.
The Chairman of the Organizing Committee of
the exhibition, Kishor Pradhan, informed that various participants are from the country
and abroad, including 12 from Indian cities of Delhi, Bangalore, Poona and Gangtok,
Sikkim.
The International Floricultural Trade Fair,
in the company of 36 stalls, is expected to do a business of Rs 2 million around.
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