date:Jun 23, 2020
Despite high demand at retail markets where it is selling for good prices, lemon growers are failing to sell the produce at profitable rates due to a drop in the number of interested buyers at Bhimruli wholesale market in Jhalakathi Sadar.
The outbreak of novel coronavirus pandemic is the apparent cause for the situation, said local lemon growers and wholesalers. Most of the lemon gardens in the area belong to women entrepreneurs and they depend on the earnings from sales of the fruit. The unex