“Farmers have exceeded the set potato production target of 25,19,008 tonnes by 3,37,057 tonnes or 13.38 percent this season,” Deputy Director of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) of Rangpur region Krishibid Md Shirajul Islam told BSS. Earlier, farmers produced 32,30,682 tonnes of potatoes from 1,19,729 hectares of land in Rangpur agricultural region during the last 2024-205 Rabi season. During the 2023-2024 Rabi season, farmers produced 26,29,893 tonnes of potatoes while the production of potatoes stood at 26.85-lakh tonnes during the 2022-2023 season in the region. There are a total of 71 cold storage facilities in the five districts of Rangpur, Gaibandha, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat and Nilphamari in the Rangpur region, with a total capacity of storing 7,32,572 tonnes of potatoes. Potato growers Abul Kalam, Golam Mostafa, Nurul Amin and Farhad Hossain of different villages in Rangpur hoped that the present government will take necessary steps to make potato farming sustainably profitable for farmers in Rangpur region.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha April 03, 2026 15:33 UTC