date:Feb 07, 2021
uation. We were expecting to earn a little amount to recover losses. But tomato prices nosedived and many frustrated farmers have even discarded their crop in the fields, he told.
Kohistani farmers usually cultivate a particular variety of onions locally known as phulkara, which sometimes gives higher profit, depending on the stability of the market.
Thana Bola Khan is a business hub of the entire Kohistan, where farmers usually depend on rain for cultivation of crops through spate irrigation.