According to the fruit market of Aungban Township, most of its arrowroots have been ordered from Yangon at a time of its less stock.

“It’s almost time for arrowroots to be out of season, but they are buying a lot of them. Orders are from all areas- Yangon, Mandalay, and Myeik. Yangon tops among them. Yangon’s being a zone may be one reason. Yangon is the place where most of the crops are sold. The wholesale prices of arrowroots decreased from K 2,000-2,500 a viss to K 1,300 and increased again to K 1,500,” said an arrowroot farmer in Aungban.

Come January, arrowroots will be almost out of stock in the market.

“Vegetables and roots go down in price when they are plentiful. When they are scarce, they rise a little bit. Arrowroots will be rare in December. Roots will be smaller again. If it is in January, it will be almost out of season. All the roots such as sweet potato, arrowroots and taro roots are available before Thadingyut, when we could dig them. People are also buying in the market. At that time, they are ripe,” he continued.