Many farmers are hopeful that this year's Eid will bring better profits and long-awaited relief

With frequent volatility in edible oil prices in the local market, farmers across the southern region are increasingly turning to oilseed cultivation -- both to meet household needs and as a commercial venture.

Production worth Tk 700cr expected this season

While paddy harvesting in the haor regions of Netrokona has been completed, farmers in the district’s non-haor areas are still facing severe difficulties due to equipment shortages, natural disasters, and lack of labour.

Mirazul Islam, a seasonal litchi trader in Pabna's Ishwardi upazila, spent Tk 8 lakh to buy 400 litchi trees, expecting to harvest at least 8 lakh litchis.

Char farmer Maqbul Hossain, 65, has been cultivating maize on seven bighas of sandy char land on the Teesta riverbed for the past 10 years.

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So far, 85 percent of the haor fields and 30 percent of the non-haor fields have been harvested.

Farmers in char areas are happy with the pumpkin production on the sandy chars of the Teesta riverbed. However, they are disappointed as prices have fallen compared to last year. Due to an urgent need for cash, char farmers are being forced to sell pumpkins at low prices.

Boro harvesting is underway across the Haor regions of Sylhet Division and Netrokona, with farmers racing to cut their crops amid fears of flash floods.

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With the warm days of summer already here, the wholesale lemon market at Natunbazar in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar is abuzz with farmers and traders.

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Farmers in Netrakona’s haor areas have started harvesting Boro paddy ahead of the Bangla month of Baishakh, fearing possible inclement weather in the coming days, including rainfall and nor’westers.

While the government has fixed the rate for irrigation water supply from the Teesta Irrigation Project at Tk 480 per acre throughout the year, farmers are reportedly paying Tk 1,000.

“With the market this bad, what else can we do?”

Sweet pumpkins are currently being sold at Tk 5 to Tk 7 per kg in the wholesale markets

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The market price for straw currently stands at Tk 700 to Tk 800 per stack