Farmers reaping paddy in a field in Moulvibazar Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneThe committee also asked the ministry to stop import of riceParliamentary Standing Committee has asked Food Ministry to locally procure more paddy than the targeted amount. The committee also asked the ministry to stop import of rice, a statement said. “We have asked the government to procure more paddy than the targeted 150,000 ton,” Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food Ministry Mohammad Nasim said. He said, since the government procures 14% of dry paddy, the farmers are forced to sell it to third parties at lower prices. Over the past three weeks, a bountiful harvest has been overshadowed by the grief, and travesty of rice farmers throughout Bangladesh.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 20, 2019 14:37 UTC