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Paddy purchasing unsatisfactory

Rice procurement drive satisfactory in Magura
MAGURA. Jan 28: Aman rice procurement is satisfactory, but Aman paddy purchasing Is disappointing in the district.
According to Food Department. Magura. about 1041 metric tons of Aman rice and 650-metric tons of Aman paddy have been procured in six Aman rice and paddy purchasing centres of the district till January 17. The Food Department has been purchasing Aman rice from the owners of rice mills. As a result, rice procurement in the district is good.
The Aman paddy growers of Arpara of Shalikha. Sripur. Binodpur of Muhmmadpur have given good response to sell their agricultural product, paddy. But the Food Department has been facing problem procure paddy from them due to heavy moisture and rust. According to the government circular, Food Department can purchase paddy with 14 per cent moisture and 5 per cent rust, sources said.
A total of 2120 metric tons of Aman paddy and another 2120 metric tons of Aman rice will be purchased from four thanas of the district. Of these targeted figures 440 metric tons of paddy and 440 metric tons of ■ ice will be collected from Sripur thana.
From Our Correspondent 280 metric tons of Aman paddy and 280 metric tons of rice from Muhmmadpur thana. 720 metric tons of paddy and 720 metric tons of rice from Shalikha thana and 680 metric tons of paddy and 680 metric tons of rice from Magura Sadar.
According to Agriculture Extension Department (AED) about one lakh 76 thousand metric tons of Aman paddy have been produced in the district. The paddy production has been fully hampered in Muhmmadpur thana due to flood of the last rainy season. As a result no paddy was procured till January 17 from Mohammad-pur purchasing centre. The Aman procurement drive has been started with effect from December 01. 19096 and expected to be concluded on January 31. The government procurement rate of Aman paddy and rice have been fixed this year at Taka 6.70 per kg and Taka 10.50 per kg respectively.
Talking to the paddy growers who come to the paddy purchasing centres to sell paddy said, many farmers are not able to sell their paddy because the said
purchasing centres have limited government circular for paddy procurement. A farmer can sell 70 kilogram paddy at least and one metric ton at best at a time. As a result, established paddy growers face problem to sell large amount of paddy in the purchasing centres at a time.
On the other hand. Food Department are purchasing good quality of paddy. The percentage of moisture and rust in the paddy which is grown in this area are high, official sources added. The Food Department makes arrangement for removing 'chlta' (smut of paddy) from the paddy drying In their purchasing centres.
The farmers are not interested to do so due to high labour cost.
Some established paddy growers also told this correspondent that they were satisfied as a whole for the procurement rate rice, but they face various problems due to certain regulation of paddy procurement. As a result, many paddy farmers have to sell their paddy in the local markets at a low