Kathmandu, July 9:

Federation of Handicrafts Association of Nepal (FHAN) recently organised field visits to study present status of handicraft industry, institutional development of handicraft products, identification of local products and its role in promotion.

They went to Baglung, Myagdi and Tanahun in the first stage; Chitwan Palpa and Kaski in the second and Chitwan, Makwanpur, Jhapa, Sunsari and Gorkha in the third stage for field visit, states a press release issued by Federation of Ha-ndicrafts Association of Nepal .