Food Security Camp Approvals / Import of 100,000 tons of potatoes and distribution of 200,000 tons of foreign rice

According to Fars News Agency, quoting the information base of the Ministry of Jihad Agriculture, Alireza Rezazadeh said about the approvals of this camp: “In this meeting, it was decided 100,000 tons of potatoes from certified farms abroad in compliance with quarantine protocols and under the supervision of the Plant Protection Organization.” Industrial, food and seed enter the country.

He added: “Determining export duties for potato exports was also on the agenda of the working group for regulating the market of agricultural products.”

The head of the Public Relations and Information Center of the Ministry of Jihad for Agriculture, stating that from next Saturday, potatoes will be offered at a price of 10,000 Tomans in Tarabar squares, clarified: It was decided Bazargam system Start smart distribution of potatoes with a price of 9,800 Tomans for door-to-door delivery from today.

Rezazadeh further announced the distribution of 200,000 tons of Thai, Pakistani and Indian rice in the market until Eid night.

According to him, it was also decided that chain stores and Tehran’s Tarehbar Maidan Organization would supply foreign rice to consumers at market-regulated rates.

Adviser to the Minister pointed out: Due to the lack of rice and reserves of over 300,000 tons of Iranian rice in Mazandaran and Gilan, the widespread supply of Iranian rice from next week will be done by the Union of Chain Stores and the Union of Mazandaran and Gilan Provinces.

He pointed to the intelligent distribution of Thai, Indian and Pakistani rice to their doorsteps, noting that the rice is distributed at a special discount.

Rezazadeh mentioned the monitoring of the market by the government penitentiary organization and the serious treatment of high prices and hoarding of rice as other resolutions of this meeting.

In the end, he said: rice import from Pakistan is also on the agenda of the market regulation headquarters.

In protest of the increase, Fars News Agency’s “Fars Man” audience registered a subject entitled “Request to reduce and control the price of rice” which reads: “The price of rice suddenly became more expensive and this increase made many families buy “Rice is closing, support so that the issue can be followed up and the price of this important commodity can be controlled.”

The news agency’s audience has called for an investigation into the reasons for the rise in rice prices in recent months, and for officials to work to balance prices and curb them, saying people are unable to buy rice at skyrocketing prices.

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