Many farmers of Lalmonirhat have cultivated winter vegetables and radishes. It is getting late to plant potatoes in the same land as it cannot be cleaned. Because Muller has no buyers, who are saying 10-15 rupees per ounce. As a result, radish has now become a thorn in the side of many farmers in the district. In the interest of planting potatoes, they are now giving radishes to wholesalers at nominal prices. According to the Lalmonirhat District Agriculture Department, a target has been set to cultivate various vegetables including potatoes in 7,813 hectares of land in five upazilas this season. Although it is not known exactly how much land has been cultivated with radish, the Department of Agriculture said that radish has been cultivated on much more land than the target. Regrettably, the farmers say that the early radish has been destroyed in the rains and floods. Although the yield is good in the second phase, there is no price. One gram of radish is not enough to buy 100 grams of rice. Farmers of Sarpukur union of Aditmari upazila said that even after selling radish for every two acres of land (27 per cent), they are not getting Tk 1,000. The time for planting the next crop is running out. They are now giving free radishes to traders for planting potatoes and maize. They are taking it at their own expense.
Visiting the border village of Durakuti, it is seen that the farmers are destroying the fields with tractors. The farmers said, this time we have cultivated radish in 10 bighas of land. The first time 45 and the second time 50 thousand rupees was spent. I am wasting radish myself because I did not get the price. Planting corn and potatoes may cause some damage. Deputy Director of the Department of Agricultural Extension. Shamim Ashraf said demand needs to be taken into consideration before growing any crop. The official thinks that this situation has arisen because the farmers have not taken cognizance of it despite repeated requests from the agriculture department.
