On the eve of the apple, potato and other produce harvest, farmers in northern Takhar province have asked government to build cold stores in the province. They said due to the non-availability of up to the standard cold stores, deteriorated market condition and non-availability of medicines for crop they are forced to sale their products at low rate and by doing this they could not earn profit and even could not compensate the amount they spent.
One grower stated: “Apple yield is satisfactory this year, but there is no cold store for to store our products, we have to sale our products at low rate and by doing this we earn no profit, we have an apple orchard on one and half acres of land and it may produce over four tons of apple.”
Source: pajhwok.com
