Cardamom Development Center is located in the north of Ilam district in the central part of Mechi Zone, at a place called Pandam, located in Suryedaya Municipality Ward No. 9. / This center is located 4.5 km north of Fikkal Bazaar in Ilam. On the edge of the unpaved road leading to Gorkhe from a place called Barbotevanne / The residential area of ​​the center.It is located at a place called Ramphok, 3 km from Fikkal Bazaar, on the side of the road leading to Pashupatinagar. The distance between the center and the office is 3.5 km. When studying the history of the center, in the fiscal year 2032/033 BS, the then Fikkal Village Development Committee Ward No. 4. Pandam was called On 15/07/2033, 345 ropanis of land was purchased as a cardamom development plan and the Cardamom Research and Development Program was started. In 2039, the districts of Ilam, Panchanthar, and Tehthum in the eastern part of the country were declared cardamom development zones and the cardamom development program was implemented in both the government and private sectors (agricultural sector).The joint operation was carried out on a large scale / B.S. In 2039 BS, the Cardamom Development Project of Fikkal, Ilam was merged with the Nepal Tea Development Corporation, but due to the lack of skilled manpower and limited scope of work, there was a lack of coordination to operate the program at the national level, so from Bhadra 29, 2045 BS, the Nepal Tea Development Corporation was established.The Corporation was reorganized under the Ministry of Agriculture Development, Department of Agriculture, Government of Nepal under the name of National Cardamom Development Program. At the same time, this center also received 27 ropanis of land, which had 4 houses of Nepal Tea Development Corporation. Currently, this center has 373=5 ropanis including the houses of this center.(18.7 hectares) area / According to the current structure, the Cardamom Development Center, Fikkal Ilam, and the National Potato, Vegetable and Spice Crop Development Center, Khumaltar, Lalitpur are under the technical and administrative control / Geographical and land use location of the center Geographical location Altitude 1200' 1600 WindSubtropical temperature is 12.7'21.8 D.C. Mohoda West North Rainfall 23000' 24000 mm. Land Use Office Precinct 37Ropani Nursery Area 81Ropani Jungle, Bhir, Kholsi 228-5 Ropani Staff Voice Area 27 Ropani (Ramphok) Total 373=5 Ropani (18=7 ha)

Objective:-

This center under the Ministry of Agriculture Development, Government of Nepal is the only office that looks after the cardamom crop. The scope of this center includes all the districts of Nepal where cardamom is cultivated. The objective of this office, which was established with Ilam district as the focal point, where commercial cardamom cultivation started in Nepal, is as follows.To sell and distribute according to demand. To provide initiative and technical support to establish cardamom nurseries at the private level. To produce cardamom seeds in collaboration with the private sector and arrange for sale and distribution. To conduct training on cardamom cultivation. 

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