Potato prices rise in Myanmar

In April, potatoes were only sold for 2,500 Myanmar Kyats per ton. Although the price is very good now, farmers who invested in planting potatoes have not recovered their costs due to damage caused by rainfall and are facing losses. A farmer in Binlang said that it rains every day, and the potatoes are not good. Some are washed away by water, and some are rotten and destroyed, and the yield is not high. At present, the price of potatoes is about 3,000-5,000 Myanmar Kyats per ton, and the purchase price of potatoes from the trading station to the village production area is about 3,500-4,500 Myanmar Kyats per ton. Farmers said that the potatoes produced in southern Shan State coincide with the potatoes from Hin Phyo Zun and neighboring countries in the same period of time, and the war has made transportation ...