VOL NO REGD NO DA 1589

Monday, January 30, 2006

HEADLINE

POLITICS & POLICIES

METRO & COUNTRY

OPINIONS & VIEWS

EDITORIAL

LETTER TO EDITOR

COMPANY & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

TRADE/ECONOMY

LEISURE & ENTERTAINMENT

MARKET & COMMODITIES

SPORTS

WORLD

 

FE Specials

FE Education

Urban Property

Monthly Roundup

Saturday Feature

Asia/South Asia

 

Feature

13th SAARC SUMMIT DHAKA-2005

National Day of Australia

57th Republic Day of India

US TRADE SHOW

 

 

 

Archive

Site Search

 

HOME

MARKET & COMMODITIES
 
Paddy, rice procurement drive unlikely to achieve target in Jhenidah
1/30/2006
 

          JHENIDAH, Jan 29 (UNB): The Paddy and rice procurement drive in the district may fail to achieve the target this season due to less purchase of paddy and rice than the target fixed by the government for the local market.
According to the local Food Department, the government has set a target to buy 809 tonnes of paddy and 3,227 tonnes of rice through nine purchasing centres during the current drive that began on November 26 and will continue until February 28.
The government fixed the purchasing rate of per kg rice at Tk 14 and per kg paddy at Tk 9.25. But the centres failed to procure a single kg of rice and paddy till January 15, the sources said.
They said the farmers are very much unwilling to sell their produces to the government procurement centres at comparatively lower prices.
They said they prefer to sell their produces in the open markets due to the higher price there.
The Department of Agriculture Extension sources said the total output in last year's aman season was 30,000 tonnes less than the target because of crop damage.
Crops on 30,000 hectares, out of 92,000 hectares, in the district were damaged in the previous transplanted aman season due to lack of adequate rainfall, the sources informed.

 

 
  More Headline
Majority of OPEC support keeping status quo, Iran isolated
Rupali Insurance awards officials for performane
Paddy, rice procurement drive unlikely to achieve target in Jhenidah
Bumper production of potato likely in Brahmanbaria
Global iron ore prices expected to rise 10-20pc
Mittal stirs merger smelter in steel sector
Pest attack damages boro seedlings in Netrakona
Energy gazing fuels Davos gloom
Fertiliser plant inaugurated in Oman
 

Print this page | Mail this page | Save this page | Make this page my home page

About us  |  Contact us  |  Editor's panel  |  Career opportunity | Web Mail

 

 

 

 

Copy right @ financialexpress.com