irrigation cost

Increased cost of irrigation: What about food security in Bangladesh?

One may note that farmers have to buy diesel and fertilisers at a higher rate at retail level than the government-fixed prices.

Farmers get a raw deal

Floods, low rainfall and then fertiliser price hike -- the woes of farmers just won’t stop. And now, they will have to bear the brunt of a sudden 42.5 percent rise in diesel cost, which is likely to make them spend an additional Tk 4,000 in irrigation for per hectare Boro production.

August 27, 2022
August 27, 2022

Increased cost of irrigation: What about food security in Bangladesh?

One may note that farmers have to buy diesel and fertilisers at a higher rate at retail level than the government-fixed prices.

August 8, 2022
August 8, 2022

Farmers get a raw deal

Floods, low rainfall and then fertiliser price hike -- the woes of farmers just won’t stop. And now, they will have to bear the brunt of a sudden 42.5 percent rise in diesel cost, which is likely to make them spend an additional Tk 4,000 in irrigation for per hectare Boro production.