Tangail farmers enjoy bumper mustard yield, better prices
Whole families, including the youngsters, join in to take home bumper harvests of mustard in Tangail this year propelled by favourable weather conditions. Local markets are also offering farmers higher prices compared to that last year. The photo was taken at Birbasinda in Kalihati upazila last week. Photo: Mirza Shakil
Tangail is in for a bumper mustard yield this year due to favourable weather conditions. Farmers are also very happy being offered better prices in local markets.
They took on cultivating the cash crop just after facing devastating and prolonged floods. Support from the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) was at hand.