Potato Prices Crash in Bhojpur: Farmers Face Devastating Losses, Struggle to Recover Costs

• Bhojpur district farmers are suffering heavy losses as potato prices plummet, unable to recover even half their cultivation costs.
• A sack of potatoes, previously 650 rupees, now sells for 300 rupees, while the cost of production is around 400 rupees.
• Farmer Pawan Singh states one bigha incurs 25,000-30,000 rupees in expenses, yielding only 24,000-25,000 rupees, excluding labor.
• Overproduction in Koilwar, Sandesh, and Badahara blocks led to a market glut, causing prices to drop despite good yields.
• Farmers demand more cold storage facilities and government intervention for fair prices, fearing loss of interest in potato cultivation.