CropsAs boro land preparation begins in Kishoreganj’s haor, river police seized a boat with 108 bags of BADC DAP fertiliser in Itna; farmers say dealer supplies are not reaching them, forcing them to buy smuggled fertiliser at higher prices.
CropsIn the winter vegetable, onion, mustard and maize season, farmers in Chapainawabganj cannot get fertiliser on time. Farmers, dealers and officials blame short allocation, irregular distribution and overuse in the field; the district's deputy director says there is no shortage.
VegetablesPabna aims for 8,930 hectares of early muri-kata onion this season. Seed, fertiliser, irrigation and tillage all cost more, adding Tk 5,000-10,000 a bigha, and growers fear they will not get a fair price.
CropsFarmers in Hatibandha, Lalmonirhat, blocked the Lalmonirhat-Patgram-Burimari highway at Parulia Bazar demanding fertiliser, accusing a dealer of selling it on the black market.
CropsGangachara in Rangpur holds 836.20 tonnes of urea, TSP, DAP and MoP, but farmers say dealers turn them away; fields prepared for early potato, groundnut and maize stand unplanted.
CropsAs they prepare land for potato, mustard and onion, farmers in Kalikapur union of Manda, Naogaon, received an October allocation of 200 bags of DAP against demand for 2,500, and blocked the Naogaon-Rajshahi highway.
FruitsAnwar Hossain of Napiderchar in Kachhapia spent about Tk 70,000 on 40 decimals and some 3,000 seedlings, with 7,000 to 8,000 melons set; he needed 400-500 kg of fertiliser but got only 100 kg.
CropsAbout 220 hectares are under cane against a 22,000-tonne target; growers get Tk 5-10 more a stick than last year and Khaldhar Mor market takes some 15,000 sticks a day, but fertiliser shortages have pushed up costs.
CropsThe agriculture office says there is no shortage and dealers blame low allocations, while farmers get one or two sacks a month at dealer points and buy the rest of their TSP, DAP and MoP from shops at Tk 200-800 extra a sack.
CropsFarmers on 16,000 hectares of aman in Koyra, Khulna, cannot get enough urea; the upazila agriculture officer says the allocation is below need and has asked for an extra sub-allocation.
A 50 kg bag of the state-owned sugar company's Sonar Dana organic fertiliser costs Tk 900, while farmers are paying Tk 2,500 to 3,000 for a bag of chemical fertiliser.
CropsAt the height of the transplanted aman season in Tarash, Sirajganj, farmers say they cannot get fertiliser at the government price; a dealer's store held about 1,000 sacks while farmers paid Tk 300 to 600 extra a sack.
At Ghogadaha in Kurigram Sadar, 120 sacks of urea were due for distribution but the dealer never opened; farmers assaulted sub-assistant agriculture officer Mamun Or Rashid, who fled to a trader's house. The dealer faces a show-cause notice.
