Govt to procure over half million tonnes of Aman rice

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Published : 18:37, Nov 18, 2018 | Updated : 18:41, Nov 18, 2018

Food Minister Qamrul Islam (File Photo)The government is set to procure 600,000 tonnes of Aman rice this season at Tk 36 per kg. The procurement will start on Dec 1 and continue till Feb 28.
The decision was taken by the Food department’s planning committee in its meeting at the secretariat on Sunday (Nov 18), said Food Minister Qamrul Islam.
Last year the government procured the same at amount of at Tk 39 per kg.
“The farmers will benefit from the price that the government has set. It won’t face any problems in procuring this rice,” the food minister said.
“There are some discrepancies in the production cost of the Agriculture Ministry and Food Ministry,” he said when asked about the market price being between Tk 33 and 36.
“We have fixed the buying price to be Tk 36 after some research,” he added.
On Nov 13 it was said that this year the cost of growing Aman paddy is Tk 25.30 and Tk 37.90 after it’s processed into rice.
It was also confirmed that the government currently has a stock of more than 120,000 tonnes of rice in the food granaries amongst which over 900,000 tonnes is rice.

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