As farmers start harvesting and threshing early varieties of Aman paddy in the northern districts, the fear looms that their profit could be negligible due to higher production costs than last year.
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Tomato farmers, particularly those in the southwest division of Khulna, are facing steep losses as prices for the fruit have come down drastically due to oversupply, as is the case around this time each year.
Pran, one of the leading agro-processors in the country, has started tomato collection from the farmers and pulping activities to manufacture sauce, ketchup, tomato paste and other food items.