Price of rice
Any way, the price of rice is continuing to fall. The government step to sell rice at Tk 18 per kg to garment workers will definitely further lower the price. But this artificial price fall will adversely affect the paddy growers. This year farmers had to purchase urea at Tk 600 per bag, just double the price they paid last year. the long drought increased the irrigation cost considerably. Labour cost these days has also increased a lot. So it is apprehended that next month when boro paddy will be harvested, the price of paddy may go down further. The marginal farmers who will be compelled to sell their products immediately after harvesting will suffer most.
So, we request the government to keep the procurement price at last year's level and start purchasing immediately after the harvest. Bureaucratic delay will cause serious loss to the growers.
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