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Friday, July 03, 2009 - 7.15 GMT |
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PMB extends
help to farmers |
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Extending
a
helping
hand to
farmers,
Paddy
Marketing
Board (PMB)
expects
to buy
paddy in
the
forthcoming
‘Yala’
season
at the
same
price
PMB
stipulated
for the
‘Maha’
season
in the
years
2008/2009.
PMB
requests
farmers
to sell
10% of
their
‘Yala’
harvest
(500 Kg
per
hectare)
at the
same
price
they
sold in
the
‘Maha’
current
season.
According
to PMB
calculations,
if the
guaranteed
price
during
‘Yala’
season
2009
could be
fixed at
a price
level
between
Rs.28 –
30,
there is
a
possibility
of
purchasing
around
70,000
metric
tons of
paddy
throughout
the
season.
PMB
estimates
that a
financial
provision
amounting
Rs.2030
million
will be
required
to
purchase
the
expected
amount
of
paddy.
PMB
expects
to
purchase
20,000
metric
tons of
paddy
each
from
Pollonnuruwa
and
Eastern
agricultural
zones at
a cost
of
Rs.1160
million.
From
Anuradhapura
zone, it
will be
15,000
metric
tons at
Rs.435
million.
It will
be 8000
metric
tons
from the
North
Western
zone at
Rs.232
million
and 7000
metric
tons
from
Southern
zone at
Rupees
203
million.
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