Onion cultivation

Onion cultivation

Many farmers said they were selling at a loss out of desperation to meet urgent cash needs and repay debts. Photo: TBS

Onion farmers face heavy losses as prices fall amid supply glut

Farmers are being forced to sell their produced onion for just Tk900 to T1,100 per maund in local markets, incurring a loss of Tk500 to Tk600 per maund.

Mirashar farmers' market, where Tk3-4 crore worth of onions gets sold daily in the harvest season. Photo: TBS

Tk3-4 crore worth of onions sold daily at Shariatpur's Mirashar farmers' market

Framers cleaning roots of onion field in Bangladesh. Photo: TBS

13 times more onion yield likely in Rajshahi

File photo of onion cultivation. Photo: TBS

Heavy rainfall threatens onion harvest in Faridpur

After the introduction of intercropping technology, farmers in Joypurhat have regained their interest in sugarcane cultivation. This is the first time they have intercropped the Bari-4 variety of onion with sugarcane. Photo: TBS

Intercropping boosting both sugarcane, onion production

New variety lights path of onion-sufficiency

New variety lights path of onion-sufficiency