JU Correspondent

Frustration grips the horticulturists of the country, as they are not getting the expected return for their cultivated flowers against the increased prices of fertilisers and insecticides.
The commercial cultivation of flowers, a new sector in the agricultural economy, shows a good prospect in the country. It is gathered from Dhaka Flower Traders’ Multipurpose Welfare Cooperative Society that the annual sale of flowers at Shahbagh wholesale market amounts to almost Tk 11 crore per year. Domestic production of flowers cannot meet the total demand. [Read more]