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Desperate farmers selling paddy for lower price as procurement appears uncertain

Paddy farmers in the State are desperately turning to private rice mills for survival as uncertainties continue about the procurement of the paddy yielded in the first crop.

The government appears to be non-committal and the farmers could read the government attitude in Minister for Fisheries and Youth Affairs Saji Cherian’s comment that nothing would affect Kerala as long as there is rice in Tamil Nadu.

Minister flayed

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