The Hon. Amirthanathan Adaikkalanathan
Amirthanathan Adaikkalanathan welcomed the Government’s announcement of a guaranteed price for paddy and its plan to procure from farmers, noting that this responds to a long-standing demand. He urged the Government to also consider compensation for losses faced by producers of black gram, vegetables, and other minor grains, arguing that support for these farmers would strengthen agricultural production.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 [4.06 p.m.]
¶ 02 Thank you, Hon. Presiding Member. The Government has announced a guaranteed price for paddy to satisfy and secure the livelihoods of farmers. I must thank the Government for that. Farmers have long and anxiously asked for a guaranteed paddy price; we too have been speaking about it. I appreciate the Government’s effort to set the price and procure from farmers.
¶ 03 Not only paddy farmers—black gram, vegetables, and other minor grain producers—ordinary farmers also incur losses. The Government should consider granting compensation for their losses too. Only then will our minor grain producers benefit. When we increase our productions in this way, we can indeed see a better future. I wish to note this here.
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