The recent diesel price hike has made service providers increase charges for harvesting the largest rice crop, Boro, irrigating farmlands, and threshing the cash crop maize-- and farmers are struggling to cope.
Costs soared because of a 15 percent hike in the price of diesel, a key fuel used by nearly 15 lakh shallow tube well pumps to water the Boro fields.
https://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/news/farmers-distress-diesel-price-rise-drives-costs-4156426
#Farmer #Food #Bangladesh #Iran #UsPol #Israel #War
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