Low Cost, High Yield: Joypurhat Farmers Turn to Beetroot
Marginal farmers in Khetlal, Joypurhat, have made more than Tk 1 lakh profit a bigha from beetroot in their first season, after repeated losses on potatoes.
Marginal farmers in Khetlal, Joypurhat, have made more than Tk 1 lakh profit a bigha from beetroot in their first season, after repeated losses on potatoes.
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