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Godkhali flower traders fret over declining prices
Sun Online Desk
14th February, 2021 06:43:25
Traders at Bangladesh’s largest flower market in Jashore’s Godkhali are upset with low demand and declining prices as the nation welcomes Pahela Falgun and celebrate Valentine’s Day amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Godkhali florists usually have buoyant sales during February when three events – Pahela Falgun, Valentine’s Day and International Mother Language Day – are celebrated.
According to sources, the flower business commercially started in Godkhali of Jhikargachha in 1983. Currently, the area meets 70 percent of the overall flower demand of the country. Godkhali’s success story inspired many others to take up flower cultivation.
Flower business was expanding in Bangladesh with immense potential. Flowers were becoming more occasional and ornamental product nowadays. We can t just call it a luxury item now while farmers also saw the benefits of flowers cultivation. But amid the COVID-19 outbreak, a vivid shock has altered everything in the trade. Not only Bangladesh but the Netherlands, which is famous for flower cultivation, and China are also facing threat regarding the flower business. When the entire world is facing a tough time, Bangladeshi flower growers are trying their best to fill their fields with flowers. Yes, they certainly have gone through some terrible times and suffered horrible losses but, gradually they are turning around. I still remember the tears of the couple, Delwar and Shelley of Gazipur s Sreepur upazila, who have planted tulips for the first time in Bangladesh, and even after a great start their business faced severity due to outbreak of the corona virus. They also urged the governmen