Kirtipur, July 11:

Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives Mahantha Thakur has said that special attention should be paid towards utilising and taking benefit from the resources given to us by nature. The farmers, too, should look forward towards carrying out cultivation in areas where it is more beneficial, he said. Minister Thakur was inaugurating the special general meeting of the Highland Coffee Promotion Company Limited here today.Plantation of coffee in Nepal is regarded well at the height of 800 to 1600 meters. Coffee produced in the high lands is called highland coffee. Commercial coffee plantation began in Nepal in 1976.