Patuakhali farmers content with paddy prices

Aman paddy growers in Barishal's Patuakhali district are very pleased with current prices as each maund (about 37 kilogrammes) is fetching about Tk 400-500 more than that last year. "Following a few years of losses, we are finally getting good prices," said farmer Md Zafar Hawlader of Lohanlaya village under Patuakhali sadar upazila. The district's farmers had struggled to