HAJO (Konadia), Dec 12: Despite high demand for household and commercial use, commercial floriculture has not yet flourished in Assam, barring a few pockets such as Hajo, Rangia, Morigaon, Nagaon, Dibrugarh and Jorhat.

Jiten Chandra Das of Kulhati (Konadia), who grows flowers of different varieties on his 8-bigha plot in both summer and winter, said floriculture has huge prospects but a plethora of problems, particularly the lack of a permanent market shed, hits growers hard.

“What matters more to us is a market space in Guwahati to sell our produce in an organised manner, which will bring us optimal return,” Das said, adding that due to the acute scarcity of market space in Guwahati, they have to sell their produce before Guwahati wakes up.

Insisting on the pressing need for market sp

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