The rising price of ginger is stimulating the development of commercial production in the Ilam district.

In the current season, there is a trend toward reducing the sown area for rice and other traditional crops in favor of ginger. Local farmers note the high profitability of production, which stimulates the expansion of plantations. According to the Agricultural Knowledge Center, the total area of commercial ginger cultivation in the Ilam district is 3,221 hectares, with the gross harvest of the crop reaching 50,620 metric tons last year.

Producers note the possibility of double income: from the sale of young ginger during harvesting and from the sale of mature rhizomes. Three cultivars are grown in the region: large, medium, and small. The sale of mature ginger usually continues until October, and the main supply season for markets falls between the months of Kartik and Jestha.

Farmers are demonstrating positive financial results. For example, Deshraj Limbu from the rural community of Mangsebung-2 earned a revenue of 315,000 rupees from five ropani of land last season. It is expected that this year, if prices remain stable, his income will exceed 500,000 rupees. Another local producer, Rajkumar Rai, earned 200,000 rupees by selling 50 maunds of produce at a price of 4,000 rupees per maund. Production scales are growing: for instance, Teju Rai from Mangsebung-3 sowed 10 ropani of land this season, using 60 maunds of seed material.

The market value of the products shows a positive dynamic. While the price was about 4,500 rupees per maund during the harvesting season, it has currently reached 7,000 rupees in Dhulabari (Jhapa) and about 6,000 rupees in Ilam. The harvest from the Ilam district is supplied to sites in Biblitate, Mangalbare, Gajurmukhi, Chature, Mangsebung, Pashupatinagar, Danbari, and Harkate.