Fair prices elude sea salt farmers

Published: 07 Apr 2022 16:04 BdST Updated: 07 Apr 2022 16:04 BdST

With the peak season underway, farmers are harvesting salt across vast swaths of Teknaf's coastline. Despite all the hard work that goes into the process, coastal farmers allege that they are being deprived of a fair value for their yields as a 'syndicate' of middlemen is lowering the prices. Photo: Jasim Mahmud
  • Farmers adopt the 'polythene process' of harvesting salt along the coast of Teknaf. Each acre of land yields at least 30 tonnes of salt. Photo: Jasim Mahmud

    Farmers adopt the 'polythene process' of harvesting salt along the coast of Teknaf. Each acre of land yields at least 30 tonnes of salt. Photo: Jasim Mahmud

  • This year, salt is being harvested across 3,945 acres of land in Teknaf. The coastal farms have already yielded 34,000 tonnes of salt. Photo: Jasim Mahmud

    This year, salt is being harvested across 3,945 acres of land in Teknaf. The coastal farms have already yielded 34,000 tonnes of salt. Photo: Jasim Mahmud

  • After extracting a layer of salt from sundried seawater, farmers spread it out on a polythene sheet. Photo: Jasim Mahmud

    After extracting a layer of salt from sundried seawater, farmers spread it out on a polythene sheet. Photo: Jasim Mahmud

  • Farmers brave the scorching summer heat to harvest salt along Teknaf's coastline. Photo: Jasim Mahmud

    Farmers brave the scorching summer heat to harvest salt along Teknaf's coastline. Photo: Jasim Mahmud

  • Farmers are harvesting salt across thousands of acres of land along Teknaf's coastline. Photo: Jasim

    Farmers are harvesting salt across thousands of acres of land along Teknaf's coastline. Photo: Jasim

  • Black polythene sheets are lined with row upon row of salt plots or beds. Photo: Jasim Mahmud

    Black polythene sheets are lined with row upon row of salt plots or beds. Photo: Jasim Mahmud

  • Workers collect salt from the fields in Shah Porir Dwip under the blazing sun. Photo: Jasim Mahmud

    Workers collect salt from the fields in Shah Porir Dwip under the blazing sun. Photo: Jasim Mahmud

  • Workers are storing salt in heaps in the fields of Shah Porir Dwip. Photo: Jasim Mahmud

    Workers are storing salt in heaps in the fields of Shah Porir Dwip. Photo: Jasim Mahmud

  • Workers are storing salt in heaps in the fields of Shah Porir Dwip. Photo: Jasim Mahmud

    Workers are storing salt in heaps in the fields of Shah Porir Dwip. Photo: Jasim Mahmud

  • Salt heaps dot the fields of Shah Porir Dwip off the coast of Teknaf. Photo: Jasim Mahmud

    Salt heaps dot the fields of Shah Porir Dwip off the coast of Teknaf. Photo: Jasim Mahmud

 

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