The whole affair is sad indeed!

But we can not solve it? Government can offer $5 to each washagumba and still can make good profit. All it needs to do is to establish one auction centre like this one in Calcutta, India , and allow the established buyers from China, Singapore, Taiwan and others as well to come and bid for this natural product. We can sell some other herbs too this way and earn more. That would/could be win-win for all the parties, but again, its in the hand of GPK...

yea same Girija- man at his wits end!