Country’s first mega greenhouse continues to make its mark

Added on 22 January 2024

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Country’s first mega greenhouse continues to make its mark

SENEGAL - What started as a measure to boost domestic agricultural production to meet the local demands and enhance food self-sufficiency continues to prosper in Dagana. Ever since the construction of the country’s first mega greenhouse, a couple in lower Gangzur at Tsendagang Gewog in Dagana has made their mark as climate-smart agriculture farmers. In this story, our reporter Devika Pradhan finds out how they do it.

Hochu Leki is one of the four individuals to execute and construct the mega greenhouse in the district. The 40-year-old was a contractor before he fully ventured into smart agriculture with his wife.

He says that it all started when the former Gewog Agriculture Extension Officer insisted he give it a try.

The 66-decimal area that remained barren until around half a decade ago is now housing legumes ready to hit the market soon.

Hochu’s wife, 32-year-old Rinchen Dema takes pride in venturing into mega framing and toiling every day with her partner. There is no dearth of customers. There is a good demand for their produce from the boarding schools in the district.

After the completion of the construction of the mega greenhouse worth almost Nu 3 M in 2022, the couple say, it wasn’t all a smooth sail.

They planted chillies and tomatoes in the summer. However, their chillies got infested by insects.