Aman saplings sell at high rate in Barishal market

Farmers in Barishal are passing days in despair as they fear that this season’s Aman yield will be poor because the prices of saplings have soared in the district’s prominent paddy sapling market. About 20,000 farmers of five upazilas -- Gouranadi, Ujirpur, Agailjhara and Banaripara upazilas in Barishal and adjacent Madaripur Sadar upazila -- are facing the setback as the prices various verities of Aman saplings have turned almost double than last year.