Kathmandu. Speaker Dol Prasad (DP) Aryal has said that the government should take initiatives regularly for the promotion and marketing of indigenous products.

During his visit to the local festival organised at the Bagmati provincial office premises of the Food Management and Trade Company Limited at Thapathali in Kathmandu today, Speaker Aryal urged the government to pay more attention to the promotion of indigenous crops.

Talking to media persons after the observation, Minister Pokharel pointed out the need for the government to facilitate the farmers’ production as it would be difficult to give time to the farmers for its publicity and marketing.

He suggested that the Food Management and Trading Company, Salt Trading Corporation as well as the government corporations and media should prioritize and promote farmers’ production.

On the occasion, Speaker Aryal stressed the need of expanding such fairs to big cities and bazaars of the country and not limited to Kathmandu.

According to him, the fair would provide opportunities for farmers to sell their products to consumers and people would get information about the local products of different parts of the country.

On the occasion, Speaker Aryal expressed the belief that although local products are familiar to consumers of Kathmandu Valley, the exhibition of products from remote and outside districts would help connect new markets and consumers.

He also suggested not to use plastic bags in government stalls during the fair visit and to clearly mention the maximum retail price (MRP) in the government products.

KATHMANDU: The three-day festival that kicked off here on Saturday concluded with an objective of linking domestic products to the market by promoting Nepal’s indigenous culture, indigenous products and local entrepreneurship.