, March 8 -- Gaibandha's potato farmers are facing significant losses due to a severe shortage of space in cold storage facilities, despite a bumper harvest this season.

Even after storing a large quantity of potatoes in local markets and at home, farmers are struggling to find space for their remaining produce. Many are waiting day and night on the roads in the hopes of securing storage slips. As a result of this crisis, those unable to store their potatoes are being forced to sell them at low prices, incurring heavy losses.

According to the Gaibandha Agricultural Extension Department, potato cultivation this season has covered 14,497 hectares of land across the district. The breakdown of cultivation by upazila is as follows: 48 hectar...