Now though, our financial stability has improved, he added.
However, Hawlader is concerned about a government decision to import at least 10 lakh tonnes of rice from abroad this year in a bid to boost the country s food grain reserve amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The decision to import rice will likely reduce the market price and lead to losses, he said.
Echoing the same, Anwar Hossain Talukder, another farmer from the same village, said the government should consider the interest of local farmers when taking such decisions. Otherwise, the farmers will lose interest in cultivation in the face of gradual losses, Talukder added.