Our Correspondent :
No buyer No sell. The cabbage farmers in Ishwardi are in dire situation with their yields. Most of their productions are being destroyed in the fields due to shortage of buyers to sell. The price of the cabbage that picked up from the field and transported to the market does not match with buyers’ requirement.
Moreover, farmers have to bear the cost of labor and transportation picking up the cabbage has to be borne by the farmers. Farmers have to return home empty-handed after leaving cabbage in the market for the last 15 days as they could not find buyers and due prices in the market. That is why the farmers have stopped picking cabbage from the field. As a result, money and labor are wasted in the field. It has also been reported that even cows do not want to eat tied copies now.
Retail vegetable sellers in Ishwardi Bazar on Friday said there was no shortage of efforts to attract buyers. Cabbage is arranged in layers. Even after so many things, the buyer does not match. This is the image that was seen when Baraichara moved away on Friday. The same picture is seen not only in the city bazaars or baraichara haats, but also in other haats and bazaars.
Vendors are sitting in layers of cabbage hat. But buyers are scanty. Cabbage weighing 2-3kg have been sold by a pair of Tk. 4 which is much cheaper than other vegetables in the market today. Comparing to the demand in the market now, different types of vegetables are available.
Even 15 days ago, one kg of cabbage was sold at Tk. 10. Now the farmers are in hardship as they do not get a buyer even though they want to sell the copy blow the production cost.
Vijay, a vegetable vendor, said that when the price of cabbage goes down, some people buy them to feed the cows. But the buyers have informed him that even the cows are not eating cabbage now.
Emdad, a farmer who brought cabbage to the market, said the cabbages were not sold in due price. If you take it home, it will get rotten. This time I have fallen into extreme misery by cultivating cabbage. Cows don’t want to eat anymore. This year I have cultivated cabbage in 20 percent of the land. About 10 thousand taka has been spent. Now the wages of the workers and rent of the van to bring them to the market are not got. I will not spend money like many others and pick up cabbages from the land.
Harunar Rashid, who came to the market, said that there are more vegetables in the market now than any other time. The price is also low.
