Farmers across Meherpur district are putting in long hours in the fields, planting aman paddy and winter vegetables despite a difficult season.
Growers say a shortage of fertiliser and higher prices for pesticides and fuel have pushed up their production costs this year. Many worry about whether they will recover the extra outlay once the crop is sold.
According to the Department of Agricultural Extension, aman has been planted on 26,930 hectares in Meherpur during the current Kharif-2 season.
The winter vegetable target has been set at 4,525 hectares, and seedlings of cauliflower, cabbage and other vegetables are already going into the ground.
In Baikunthapur and several other villages of Gangni upazila, some farmers were weeding aman plots while others prepared beds for vegetables. The picture is much the same around Mujibnagar.
Farmers hope for a good yield if the weather holds, but say that without fair prices at the market the higher costs will be hard to absorb.
Source: Krishi Shomoy
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