Low garlic prices in Bangladesh cause growers to lose for the second year in a row

Garlic growers in the northern districts of Bangladesh have been shocked by the drop in wholesale and retail prices of garlic due to oversupply during the current harvest season. This is a double whammy for many growers who also lost last year despite receiving higher prices for their products. The garlic harvest season started a few weeks ago, according to local growers and officials from the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) in Rangpur and Dinajpur. This year, garlic is grown on an acreage of at least 9,039 ha in eight districts of Rangpur, with a production target of about 92,198 tons. Now that the garlic harvest season has started, activity ...