Retailers, being unwilling to purchase partially spoiled, peeled, or damaged vegetables, sell them to a group of small vendors. Due to financial constraints, these small traders cannot afford to rent a proper shop and sell vegetables at higher prices. They displayed the good parts salvaged from partially rotten or pest-infested ones, dividing them into small portions or ‘bhaga’. Despite an increase in the supply of winter vegetables, prices remain relatively high, prompting individuals from lower-income groups to prefer buying from these makeshift shops. While most vendors sell vegetables they purchase from wholesalers at a lower price, some gather discarded vegetables at night, cut off the bad parts, and sell them at a cheaper rate in the morning.

Source: bd News24 December 24, 2023 19:46 UTC