Pokhara. This year, watermelon has been cultivated on five hundred ropanis of land in Pokhara Metropolitan City. The metropolitan city has been promoting programs including subsidies to attract farmers towards watermelon cultivation, which has led to increased interest in this sector. According to Manahar Kadariya, head of the Agricultural Development Branch of the Metropolitan City, watermelon cultivation is taking place in wards 13, 14, 16, 21, 22, 23, 26, 30, 32, and 33 of the Metropolitan City.According to him, the Metropolitan City had distributed seeds and mulching plastic to the farmers at a 50 percent subsidy this year. Although the...