LAHORE: The Pakistan Kisan Board urged the government to set minimum paddy price at Rs 3000 per 40 kg.
Pakistan Kisan Board Secretary General Malik Ramzan Rohari said the helping price of the paddy rice was too small for the farmers. Pakistani farmers are already in a poor condition due to costly electricity, expensive seed and fertilisers.
Due to floods this year, more than 260 hundred thousand acres of standing crops have been destroyed. Farmers are in a miserable condition and this is high time that the government compensate their huge losses.
He demanded that the government should announce a special package for farmers. He added that Rs 1,400 per 40 kg was not acceptable for the farmers as their production cost was more than Rs 1,500.
Pakistan is an agricultural country and 70 percent of its population lives in rural areas. Their source of income is agriculture so the government should take steps to improve their life standards by providing them good rates.
