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Gov to buy paddy from actual farmers by lottery: Zakir
ROWMARI, June 27, 2020 (BSS) – State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md Zakir Hossain today said that paddy will be purchased from real farmers at a fair price by making a list through lottery system.
“The government is giving fertilizer and agricultural incentives through subsidies in order to improve the lot of poor farmers… So a list of real farmers will be made through lottery and paddy will be purchased by selecting farmers from the list,” he said, according to a press release issued here today.
He was addressing as the chief guest the inauguration of lottery ceremony to make a list of real farmers of his constituency Roumari and Rajibpur upazila in Roumari of Kurigram district today.
The state minister said that a target has been set to procure 1,800 metric tonnes of paddy from Roumari Upazila and 340 metric tonnes from Rajibpur Upazila this year, added the release.
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