Home affairs and agriculture adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday said the government will construct 100 small cold storage facilities across the country to store seasonal vegetables.
He said this at a post-budget press conference in the capital’s Osmani Memorial Auditorium on Tuesday.
He said farmers could use these storage facilities to store tomatoes, carrots, and other seasonal vegetables.
This cold storage will help farmers to get a fair price for their products along with reducing the wastage due to a lack of storage in time.
Besides, the government will build 500 special houses within 2025-25 fiscal year to store onions for 5/6 months.
These types of facilities will be increased gradually for other crops so that a smart supply chain of agricultural products is built, he said.
The adviser said the agriculture ministry is working to produce summer onion in the country like other vegetables to keep onion supply smooth in the domestic market.
