Saturday, June 28, 2025
  • Webmail
  • Contact Us
  • About BBS
  • Privacy & Policy
ENG
DZO
BBSCL Logo
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • More
    • Announcement
    • Audience Survey Report
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule
Radio Live
No Result
View All Result
BBSCL logo
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • More
    • Announcement
    • Audience Survey Report
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule
No Result
View All Result
BBSCL logo
Radio LIVE

Without market for their produce, commercial farmers worried about loan repayment

March 13, 2021
in Uncategorized
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
0
SHARES
1
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Many people took up large-scale farming last year as the country faced a shortage of vegetables amid the pandemic. In Sarpang too, it was with great hope of making a good income that some farmers from Senggey Gewog started commercial farming by taking loans from the National Cottage and Small Industry (CSI) bank. Today their crops are ready for harvest. But there seems to be no market for the produce. This has the farmers worry over repaying loans to the CSI bank.

Tashi from Senggey Gewog started growing tomatoes on a commercial scale on more than an acre of land. He took the low-interest rate loan of Nu 320,000 from the National CSI bank. But today, he is concerned if his earnings from the sale of tomatoes could make repayment of the loan to the bank. He took his first tomato harvest of 22 kg to the Sarpang market last Sunday but there weren’t buyers. He could sell only one kg for Nu 25.

The price for the imported tomatoes is Nu 70 per kg.

 “I could not travel to Gelephu as I had just 22 kgs. So I took it to Sarpang market but there were no buyers. I could sell only one kg. Now I am worried about how could I repay the loan,” he said.

To help the farmers sell their produce, the Senggye Gewog Agriculture Extension office is trying to find markets within the district. The gewog agriculture extension officer said the office is looking for arrangements to supply to schools and institutions in Sarpang.

“We have a vegetable group linked to the school feeding program. The vegetable group will cater local produce to our community school children,” said Thinley Wangdi, the Senggey Gewog Agriculture Extension Officer.

The market isn’t the only issue facing the farmers in Senggey Gewog. Dendup Tshewang, another farmer in the gewog who is growing onion on a large-scale doesn’t have a storehouse to let the onions dry after harvest. He said having invested the money he took from the CSI bank in onion farming, he had asked for support from the gewog agriculture extension office to construct a storehouse.

 Dendup said, “It is time for harvest. We need a house to store the onions since it’s hot now. I would like to seek help from the government in procuring CGI sheets.”

To this, the gewog agriculture extension officer said he has forwarded the matter to the Dzongkhag Agriculture office as the gewog agriculture office doesn’t have the fund to support.

“It is time to harvest onion. The onion needs curing. People have approached our office. Since our gewog agriculture office has no fund to support the farmers, we have forwarded the letter to the Dzongkhag Agriculture Office for support,” said Thinley Wangdi, the gewog agriculture extension officer.

Six farmers from Senggey Gewog has availed CSI loan for commercial farming.

Karma Wangdi 

Previous Post

Weringla Dungkhag Court sentences Chhimoong Tshogpa and his friend to three months in prison for breaching COVID-19 protocols

Next Post

Bhutan Birdlife Society to survey the important bird habitats in the country

Next Post

Bhutan Birdlife Society to survey the important bird habitats in the country

Weaving bags out of plastic wastes gaining popularity in Trongsa

Greenhouse helps highlanders of Thangyul and Dorji Goenpa grow vegetables

Please login to join discussion

RECOMMENDED NEWS

PDP kicks off their campaign from Punakha

12 years ago
1

Over 200 years old murals in danger of being destroyed

11 years ago
2
Inadequate human resource a major challenge in ACC : NC

Inadequate human resource a major challenge in ACC : NC

6 years ago
2

BAF in the process of selecting women archers

11 years ago
1

BROWSE BY CATEGORIES

  • Accidents (14)
  • Agriculture (439)
  • Announcement (179)
  • Audience Survey Report (1)
  • Business (759)
  • Crime/Legal (370)
  • Culture (48)
  • Development (57)
  • Disaster (57)
  • Economy (289)
  • Education (419)
  • Entertainment (16)
  • Environment (66)
  • Feature (65)
  • Featured (6)
  • Festival (81)
  • GMC (14)
  • Headlines (5)
  • Health (630)
  • Legal (53)
  • Literature (9)
  • Livestock (76)
  • Media (26)
  • Other Stories (5,687)
  • Politics (419)
  • RCSC (1)
  • Recent stories (6)
  • Religion (45)
  • Sci/Tech (712)
  • Social (548)
  • Sports (456)
  • Technology (191)
  • Tourism (22)
  • Uncategorized (13,868)
  • Video (141)
  • Video Story (257)
  • Wildlife (42)

BROWSE BY TOPICS

Tender Announcement Vacancy Announcement

POPULAR NEWS

  • BPC’s investigation rules out transformer short circuit as Damchhu forest fire cause

    Viral video of Bhutanese man assaulted by locals and police in Jaigaon sparks safety concerns

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Gelephu Mindfulness City opens recruitment drive for Bhutanese professionals

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • A centenarian’s recipe to longevity

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • 40 companies risk closure over failure to submit financial reports

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Post-mortem confirms foul play: Progress in investigation of 24-year-old woman’s death

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
BBSCL

Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS) is Bhutan’s primary national broadcaster, delivering diverse news and entertainment in multiple languages, fostering cultural understanding and public knowledge.

Follow us on social media:

Recent News

  • Lead exposure may be contributing to high anaemia levels among children in Bhutan
  • MoIT imposes moratorium on issuance of taxi driving licence
  • Book on temples and monasteries of Trongsa’s Drakteng wins Dzongkha Booker Prize
  • Shumar Cheden Tshephel Detshen becomes self-reliant with own milk processing unit
  • Fire risk from phones at fuel depot low but never non-existent

News Category

  • Accidents
  • Agriculture
  • Announcement
  • Audience Survey Report
  • Business
  • Crime/Legal
  • Culture
  • Development
  • Disaster
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Environment
  • Feature
  • Featured
  • Festival
  • GMC
  • Headlines
  • Health
  • Legal
  • Literature
  • Livestock
  • Media
  • Other Stories
  • Politics
  • RCSC
  • Recent stories
  • Religion
  • Sci/Tech
  • Social
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Tourism
  • Uncategorized
  • Video
  • Video Story
  • Wildlife
  • Webmail
  • Contact Us
  • About BBS
  • Privacy & Policy

© 2024 BBSCL. All rights reserved.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • More
    • Announcement
    • Audience Survey Report
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule

© 2024 BBSCL. All rights reserved.