Farmers from Mongyang happy with golden pumpkin yield, prices this year

The golden pumpkin has brought smiles to the farmers’ faces in the Mongyang region, Shan State (East) as they are getting fair prices of their products in the local markets, with yielded abundantly this year, according to the pumpkin growers.
“This year, the golden pumpkins are yielded plentifully. The pumpkins are demanded highly by the traders and earning good price.Nearly every day, we picked up the golden pumpkin and sold them back.
After 120 days, the golden pumpkin can be started to pick up. One acre of golden pumpkin can produce around 2,000 pumpkins, said a local farmer.
The daily-wages labour is also earning K10,000 per day. Therefore, the daily wages labours are also happy with their income, said another pumpkin grower.
The Mongyang region is engaging with the agriculture business. The local farmers are growing onion, chilli, potato, tomato, eggplant and beans.
The farmers are growing them, especially in the monsoon season from May to June.
Then, they are constantly cultivating winter crops golden pumpkin from October to November. This year, the golden pumpkin are yielded richly and making reasonable profits.—Arr Char/GNLM