No longer within the warehouse, should you pay greater than 1000 rupees, the seed potatoes are delivered –

Joypurhat is referred to as the 3rd potato generating district within the nation. This time the farmers are in nice hassle with the seeds whilst cultivating potatoes in that district. Syndicate buyers are promoting seeds at a value of Tk 600 to Tk 1000 extra in keeping with quintal than the mounted worth. Those buyers are promoting no longer most effective potatoes but in addition fertilizers at prime costs. Farmers are spending two times as a lot on potato manufacturing. Because of this, they’re getting bored in potato cultivation.

Atwar Hossain, a farmer of Helkunda village of Joypurhat Sadar Upazila, informed Jago Information that some roughly unscrupulous buyers have created a man-made scarcity of seed potatoes sooner than the beginning of the season. On this method they’re grabbing more cash from us thru manipulation.

The aggrieved farmers additional complained that even supposing there’s enough provide, many of the buyers aren’t retaining seed potatoes of their retail outlets and warehouses. They’re turning in seed potatoes to the farmers from unknown puts via retaining one and a part to 2 thousand rupees greater than the mounted worth.

Farmer Imran Ali of Hajipara village of Kalai Upazila informed Jago Information that I had to shop for potatoes from BRAC corporate at Tk 4,000 a bag. However the cost of the corporate was once 3 thousand to three thousand 200 taka. Fertilizer needed to be purchased at a value of Tk 2 to 300 in keeping with bag greater than the mounted worth.

Farmers whinge that no efficient motion has been taken apart from enforcing fines thru cellular courts. At the pretext of scarcity of seed potatoes, seasonal buyers are packing fit to be eaten potatoes in numerous corporate wrappers. I’m scared of being cheated via purchasing those low high quality seed potatoes.

Joypurhat District Agriculture Advertising Officer Mehdi Hasan informed Jago Information that we’re tracking the seed potato marketplace. The native management could also be supporting us. Some sellers have already been fined for retaining costs prime. He additionally mentioned that marketplace supervision is constant.

Deputy Director of District Agriculture Extension Division, Agronomist Rahela Parveen informed Jago Information that there’s a call for of 20,000 metric heaps of seed potatoes greater than the objective of potato cultivation within the district this season. The paintings of chopping and threshing Aman rice isn’t completed but. On account of this, potato cultivation has no longer began in complete swing.

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