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Can't even cover costs': Potatoes rot under open sky

In Mithlama village, located in Cumilla’s Burichang Upazila, hundreds of maunds of potatoes lie covered in tarpaulin across courtyards and high fields. Hoping for better prices, farmers have been storing the crop in open spaces for over a month. But with no proper storage and rising temperatures, much of the harvest is rotting. Farmers say they can’t even recover their production costs.

In Mithlama village, farmers are struggling with thousands of maunds of potatoes left out in the open. To shield them from rain, they’ve used makeshift plastic coverings.
In Mithlama village, farmers are struggling with thousands of maunds of potatoes left out in the open. To shield them from rain, they’ve used makeshift plastic coverings.
Potatoes lie in open fields, covered by nothing but the sky. Stored in traditional ways, they now risk rotting in the heat and moisture.
Potatoes lie in open fields, covered by nothing but the sky. Stored in traditional ways, they now risk rotting in the heat and moisture.
Potatoes lie in open fields, covered by nothing but the sky. Stored in traditional ways, they now risk rotting in the heat and moisture.
Potatoes lie in open fields, covered by nothing but the sky. Stored in traditional ways, they now risk rotting in the heat and moisture.
Hundreds of maunds of potatoes have been stacked and covered with plastic sheets outside homes in Mithlama village. Though the harvest was good this year, farmers say they haven’t gotten fair prices.
Hundreds of maunds of potatoes have been stacked and covered with plastic sheets outside homes in Mithlama village. Though the harvest was good this year, farmers say they haven’t gotten fair prices.
A mound of potatoes fills a farmer’s front yard in Mithlama. Expecting prices to rise, they’ve turned to local storage methods to save their crop.
A mound of potatoes fills a farmer’s front yard in Mithlama. Expecting prices to rise, they’ve turned to local storage methods to save their crop.
Without proper cold storage, many of the potatoes are beginning to rot under the open sky -- a painful sight for farmers relying on traditional preservation methods in Mithlama village.
Without proper cold storage, many of the potatoes are beginning to rot under the open sky -- a painful sight for farmers relying on traditional preservation methods in Mithlama village.
Hundreds of maunds of potatoes have been stacked and covered with plastic sheets outside homes in Mithlama village. Though the harvest was good this year, farmers say they haven’t gotten fair prices.
Hundreds of maunds of potatoes have been stacked and covered with plastic sheets outside homes in Mithlama village. Though the harvest was good this year, farmers say they haven’t gotten fair prices.
A mound of potatoes fills a farmer’s front yard in Mithlama. Expecting prices to rise, they’ve turned to local storage methods to save their crop.
A mound of potatoes fills a farmer’s front yard in Mithlama. Expecting prices to rise, they’ve turned to local storage methods to save their crop.
Along the roadsides of Mithlama village, potatoes lie piled up under tarps. Farmers stored them using traditional methods in hopes of fair prices, but now fear that rain will destroy whatever’s left.
Along the roadsides of Mithlama village, potatoes lie piled up under tarps. Farmers stored them using traditional methods in hopes of fair prices, but now fear that rain will destroy whatever’s left.

bdnews24.com

Published : 20 Apr 2025, 03:33 AM

Updated : 21 Aug 2026, 05:50 PM

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