Vegetable growers in Bangladesh deprived of fair prices

Published 2021년 2월 17일

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Vegetable farmers in Naogaon district are facing issues with fair pricing of their produce, leading to profit losses as the majority of the profits are being earned by middlemen. The district has cultivated vegetables on 15,060 hectares of land this year, but the low selling prices mean the farmers are unable to cover their costs, let alone make a profit. One farmer, Mokhlesur Rahman, has incurred a loss despite spending Tk 70,000 on bean cultivation. Middlemen are taking a cut of the profits, and the increase in supply has further driven down prices. According to Hasan Ali, the agriculture officer, the situation is exacerbated by the inability of farmers to sell directly to wholesalers in Dhaka and Chattogram.

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NAOGAON: Vegetable growers in the district have been deprived of fair prices of their products since the beginning of the season. A big portion of the profit is going to the pockets of the district's middlemen who are purchasing and delivering the vegetables to different areas of the country almost every day. According to sources at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), a total of 15,060 hectares of land have been brought under vegetable farming in the district this year. Potato, brinjal, cauliflower, cabbage and bean are some common vegetable varieties cultivated in the district every year, the sources added. At the local wholesale markets, growers are selling cauliflower at Tk 4-5 a kilogram, cabbage at Tk 10-15, bean at Tk 10-12, carrot at Tk 15-20, potato at Tk 10-15, brinjal at Tk 15-20, tomato at Tk 20-25, and bottle gourd at Tk 10 per piece. Due to low price, farmers cannot make a minimum profit against what they spent for farming purposes including seed, ...

Source: The Financial Express