Food festival to promote traditional crops

BAJURA: The Malika Model Secondary School at Badimalika Municipality-8 in the district has organized a food festival in a bid to promote traditional crops.

The school conducted the food festival with the financial assistance of agriculture section of the local level.

The event showed the foods and crops, providing knowledge to the new generation. The students and locals were made aware of the varieties of crops like corn, millet, foxtail, soybean, pea and grams; methods of cultivation; and production at local level.

There were eight stalls to showcase the crops. Similarly, 14 varieties of cuisines were prepared and displayed. The festival was held in the school playground.

Mayor of Badimalika Municipality, Amar Bahadur Khadka, informed that the festival was organized to make publicity of local foods and crops in the national and international markets. It would further help in protecting the indigenous agricultural products, he believed.

Similarly, Deputy Mayor Nanda Kumari Thapa appreciated the active role played by students to promote local products and food items.

The cuisines like tortilla, momo, rice pudding, pakora and jeri were prepared and served to the visitors.

Mayor Khadka vowed local level’s assistance to enhance student’s skills and promote marketing for the food items they prepare.