Pumpkin prices rise slightly as sales increase

The sale of pumpkins has climbed up now, plus a slight increase in price.
Pumpkin is one of the marketable vegetables in the Yangon and Mandalay regions, and it has been re-distributed to other cities and towns. Restaurants also use pumpkin.
“Pumpkin is one of the marketable vegetables. Yangon is the major destination, and pumpkins are re-distributed to other towns by ship. Yangon’s Thiri Mingala Market directly places orders to plantation owners, so it is profitable for wholesaling,” said a trader from Shan State.
Most pumpkin consumers are middle-class, according to vegetable shops in Yangon.
“Pumpkin has many consumers, and the majority of them are middle-class families. It is a good dish for Myanmar people, and it is suitable to eat in the rainy season,” said a vegetable seller from Kyimyindine night market. — Thit Taw/ZS