Dhaka, Dec. 7 -- Farmer Md Sujan of Cumilla Sadar Upazila cultivates radishes as an early winter crop. But when he harvested his yield, he found that all the radishes had turned black and had cracks on them. When he sought guidance from the agricultural officers, they said the soil of his farming land has too much acid in it.

The farmer from Amtali Gomti Char in Sadar Upazila said, "Due to demand, I sold radishes worth Tk 650,000 before they were harvested. Afterwards, I had to return the money to the buyer. I faced a financial loss of Tk 650,000 from just one field."

It isn't just Sujan's land. The acidity level is increasing like a "silent killer" in the agricultural lands of Chandpur and Brahmanbaria and Cumilla. Harmful levels of ac...