Pran to collect 30,000 tonnes of cassava this season
Farmers are collecting cassava crops from a field in Moulvibazar. It is planted in fallow lands and hilly areas with a little cost and labour. Photo: COLLECTED
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Local conglomerate Pran has set a target to collect 30,000 tonnes of cassava from farmers this season at a rate of Tk 8,000 to Tk 10,000 per tonne.
Cassava is a root crop, which is popularly known as `Shimul Alu' in Bangladesh, and it is planted in fallow lands and hilly areas with a little cost and labour. Pran's contractual farmers have harvested cassava in Rangamati, Khagrachhari, Sylhet, Habiganj, Moulvibazar, Tangail, Mymensingh, Jamalpur and Cumilla in around 5,500 acres of land this season.