Bogura: Plentiful supply of early harvested winter vegetables has kept prices of most farm products stable at the Mahastan Hat, a biggest wholesale hub in the North Bengal here. While visiting the market, the wholesale traders from country’s different places including Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet and other adjacent areas were seen crowding at the wholesale market for buying vegetables at comparatively cheaper prices.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, vegetables usually are brought to the market from adjacent villages by trolleys, vans, autos, and ‘bhotbotis’. Farmers expressed satisfaction as the prices of the vegetables were satisfactory at the outset of the winter season. The local buyers opined that they came to this market for purchasing fresh vegetables at reasonable prices.
Market sources have indicated that the prices of winter vegetables are stable to some extent at the wholesale market. Cauliflower was sold at Taka 25-30 per kg, bean at Taka 70-75, carrot at Taka 130, tomato at Taka 100, cabbage at Taka 28-35 per piece, radish at Taka 10-15 per kg, and yard long bean at Taka 30 per kg. Per piece cabbage was being sold at Taka 25-35, which is a bit higher due to lower supply, said cabbage wholesaler Asadul.
Wholesaler Fazlu observed that the prices of vegetables are still good at the beginning of the winter. Although radish is now being cultivated throughout the year, a large quantity is produced during winter, said radish grower Razzak, adding that the price of the item is a little lower, but growers are making a profit.
Every day, new varieties of vegetables are arriving in the market, and the prices are expected to remain stable because there is adequate supply, said vegetable supplier Bachhu Mia.