Potato harvest brings smile
published: 2021-03-15 19:42:24
Farmers in Munshiganj’s Sirajdikhan harvesting potatoes early fearing pest attack due to a lack of rains. They are happy with the output and expecting a profit. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Farmers pull out potato plants to collect the produces in Munshiganj’s Sirajdikhan. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Workers carry potatoes on bicycles from the fields in Munshiganjs Sirajdikhan. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Workers carry potatoes on bicycles from the fields in Munshiganjs Sirajdikhan. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Male and female farm workers harvest potatoes at a field in Munshiganj’s Sirajdikhan. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Male and female farm workers harvest potatoes at a field in Munshiganj’s Sirajdikhan. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Farmers in Munshiganj’s Sirajdikhan are selling potatoes at Tk 500 per maund or 37.32 kg, still cheaper than their expectation. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Delwar Hossain Dulal, a farmer in Munshiganj’s Sirajdikhan, expects a total output of around 224 tonnes of potatoes from 48 Bighas of land. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Delwar Hossain Dulal, a farmer in Munshiganj’s Sirajdikhan, expects a total output of around 224 tonnes of potatoes from 48 Bighas of land. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Delwar Hossain Dulal, a farmer in Munshiganj’s Sirajdikhan, has spent Tk 55,000 to cultivate potato in every Bigha of land. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Delwar Hossain Dulal, who has been farming potato in Munshiganj’s Sirajdikhan for over a decade, has cultivated 48 Bighas of land this year. He says the yield has been good after he used seeds of Diamond Potato from Agrico, a Dutch farmers’ cooperative. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Farmers harvest potatoes at a field in Munshiganj’s Sirajdikhan. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Farmers in Munshiganj’s Sirajdikhan are happy with potato production although they have begun harvesting early fearing pest attack due to a lack of rains. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Farmers in Munshiganj’s Sirajdikhan are happy with potato production although they have begun harvesting early fearing pest attack due to a lack of rains. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi