Dhaka, May 8 -- Despite good potato production in Rangpur, farmers have been suffering losses for several years due to low prices. At the same time, because of insufficient cold storage capacity, potatoes stored at home are rotting. This has left farmers in a double crisis.

Farmers say production costs have increased, but market prices have not kept pace. Potatoes stored at home in hopes of higher prices have started to rot. They are now being forced to sell potatoes at Tk 8 to Tk 9 per Kg, resulting in a loss of Tk 7 to Tk 8 taka per kg.

The Department of Agricultural Extension says many farmers want to store potatoes in cold storage instead of selling immediately, but lack of space has made that impossible.

Around 76 percent of the t...