The impact of cyclone Michuang is troubling farmers in Faridpur as they are faced with mud-choked onion fields after three days of incessant rainfall. Farmers say continuous rainfall in Saltha and Nagarkanda counties accumulated a lot of water in the onion fields, putting 70 percent of the crops at risk.
A farmer from Nagarkanda said: "Three days of relentless rain caused extensive damage to the onions. I am currently planting seedlings in the mud. We will incur a huge loss for the onions that are rotting."
Nagarkanda County Agriculture Officer Tilak Kumar Ghosh said continuous rains have damaged about 350 hectares of ‘Murikata onion’ and 40 hectares of ‘Hali onion’ fields. Still, he was optimistic that it would be possible to cultivate onions on 8000 hectares of land in Nagarkanda this year.
Source: bdnews24.com