Farmers all smiles over fair prices of coriander leaves
Farmers in the district are all smiles as they are earning handsome amount of money from coriander cultivation.
This year, the growers are getting fair prices for the coriander leaves compared to last year's prices like in 2019, per kg of coriander leaves was sold at Tk 8 to Tk 10, which is being sold at Tk 35 to Tk 40 in the local markets this year.
Afzal Hossain, a farmer from Jamutari village in Saptibari union of Aditmari upazila, said he has already earned Tk 20,000 from selling coriander leaves on one bigha of land. He can sell coriander leaves for Tk 3-4 thousand more.
"This year the coriander field was destroyed twice due to floods and heavy rains. I got the yield by sowing seeds for the third time," he said.
Afzal's wife Jamila Begum said they had to work hard to get the yield. They spent Tk 3,000 for the cultivation.
Dinesh Chandra Barman, another grower from Mogholhat village in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila, said farmers are earning a good amount of money from selling coriander leaves, but the coriander fields were damaged several times.
"All kinds of vegetables have been severely damaged due to floods and heavy rains this year. The cost of vegetable production has doubled since last year," he said.
Farmer Nazer Ali of Bhatibari village in Sadar upazila said he used to cultivate coriander leaves on 60 decimals of land but he got the yield from 20 decimals of land. The coriander leaves on 40 decimals of the land have been completely damaged due to heavy rains.
However, they are earning good amount of money from the cultivation as the market price of coriander leaves is high, he said.
Hamidul Islam, a resident of Sahebpara area in Lalmonirhat town, said that they were not buying much coriander leaves now as its price is high.
Meher Ali, a vegetable seller at Goshala Bazar in Lalmonirhat town, said they were buying coriander leaves from farmers at high rate and selling them to buyers at high prices.
Although the price of coriander leaves is high, its demand has not decreased, he said.
Shamim Ashraf, deputy director (DD) of Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) in Lalmonirhat, said coriander leaves on about 1,800 bighas of land in the district have been damaged due to heavy rains and floods this year.
The farmers are earning satisfactory money from selling the coriander leaves due to its high demand among the consumers, said the DD.
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