India: Potato farming in the Rajshahi region declines in eight years

Published 2024년 2월 23일

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Farmers in the Rajshahi region have reduced potato cultivation by 8,526 hectares over the past eight years due to the escalating costs of fertilizers, pesticides, seeds, and irrigation. Despite a bumper yield due to favorable weather, high production costs have led to increased selling prices, but low production has resulted in minimal profits for farmers. As a result, some farmers are transitioning to mustard cultivation, which is more profitable and less costly.

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Insiders blamed the uptrend in the prices of inputs, including fertilizers, pesticides and seeds, and higher irrigation cost for the decline in the cultivation of the tuber crop. Potato cultivation has decreased to total 8,526 hectares of land in the above mentioned period in the region. According to the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), Rajshahi, potatoes were cultivated on 43,481 hectares of land in the fiscal year (FY) 2016-17 in the region; 40,361 hectares of land in the FY 2017-18; 37,971 hectares in the FY 2018-19; 35,855 hectares in the FY 2019-20; 36,329 hectares in the FY 2020-21; 38,543 hectares in the FY 2021-22 and 36,615 hectares of land in the FY 2022-23. On the other hand, in the current financial year 2023-24, potato cultivation has decreased by 1,660 hectares to only 34,955 hectares. As a result, farming of the tuber crop has decreased by total 8,526 hectares of land in the last eight years in the region. While visiting different areas of the district ...

Source: Argenpapa