Jaypurhat farmers deprived of price of winter vegetables
Our Correspondent | Sunday, 1 March 2009
JAYPURHAT, Feb 28: Farmers of Jaypurhat have produced huge winter vegetables.
Farmers cultivated varieties types of vegetables namely bottle gourd, cauliflower, radish, brinjal, country bean, cabbage, green chilly etc.
Winter vegetables have been cultivated in 5,000 acres of land this year while the production target is being achieved rapidly, according to the sources at Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) of the district.
After bumper production, vegetables price is high still. But the farmers are not receiving benefit of the price. Middlemen are getting the benefit extracting higher prices from the consumers.
Now bottle gourd is sold at Tk 15 per kg, cauliflower piece at Tk 20, brinjal at around Tk 25, country-bean at Tk 28, Cabbage per piece Tk 20, green chilly at Tk 40 per kg, onion price at Tk 32 per kg and potato is being sold at Tk 16.
Goljar Hossain, a farmer of Jaypurhat sadar upazila said, "I cultivated brinjal in two acres of land but I have not got the real price of the product. I sold per maund brinjal at Tk 400 only but it is being sold Tk 800 at retail level."
Farmers urged the government to take steps for good marketing in this district to ensure their chunk of share of the high pricing.
Farmers cultivated varieties types of vegetables namely bottle gourd, cauliflower, radish, brinjal, country bean, cabbage, green chilly etc.
Winter vegetables have been cultivated in 5,000 acres of land this year while the production target is being achieved rapidly, according to the sources at Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) of the district.
After bumper production, vegetables price is high still. But the farmers are not receiving benefit of the price. Middlemen are getting the benefit extracting higher prices from the consumers.
Now bottle gourd is sold at Tk 15 per kg, cauliflower piece at Tk 20, brinjal at around Tk 25, country-bean at Tk 28, Cabbage per piece Tk 20, green chilly at Tk 40 per kg, onion price at Tk 32 per kg and potato is being sold at Tk 16.
Goljar Hossain, a farmer of Jaypurhat sadar upazila said, "I cultivated brinjal in two acres of land but I have not got the real price of the product. I sold per maund brinjal at Tk 400 only but it is being sold Tk 800 at retail level."
Farmers urged the government to take steps for good marketing in this district to ensure their chunk of share of the high pricing.