Onion seeds are often referred to as “black gold” by farmers in the Rajshahi region due to their dark shade and high market value. This stands true for the fact that when planting ran from October to early December last year, the seeds were sold at an average of Tk 5,000 per maund in the district, some 250 kilometres west of the capital.
Ginger prices have surged in Bangladesh as imports of the spice have become costlier amid the ongoing US dollar shortage and a recent global supply crunch resulting from lower production.
Bangladesh has to rely on imports to meet about 15 per cent of the demand of the spice market, which highlighted the foreign currencies the country has to spend to bring in the items as well as the potential for local production.
3.89 lakh tonnes garlic yield expected in Rajshahi division
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RAJSHAHI, Jan 13, 2020 (BSS)- Around 3.89 lakh tonnes of garlic yield are expected to be harvested from around 46,117 hectares of land in all eight districts of Rajshahi division during the current season.
Target has been set to produce around 2.63 lakh tonnes of garlic from 31,260 hectares of land in four districts under Rajshahi Agricultural Zone, while another 1.27 lakh tonnes from 14,957 hectares of land in four other districts under Bogura Agricultural Zone.
Sirajul Islam, Additional Director of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), said all possible measures were adopted to attain the production target in the region this season.