Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Vegetable prices are soaring in Dhaka's retail markets-almost four times higher than what farmers receive in producing regions.
The steep price difference, experts say, stems from multiple handovers, extortion along transport routes, and poor market monitoring.
As a result, farmers are being denied fair prices, while consumers in the city are forced to pay exorbitant rates.
Those involved in the sector argue that a stronger market management system and more efficient agricultural marketing-both online and offline-are urgently needed.
At Mahasthan Bazar in Bogura, one of the country's largest vegetable hubs, farmers are currently selling brinjal for Tk 27-40 per kg and beans for Tk 35-40. Yet, by the time these vegetabl...