Local merchants to buy rice from Rakhine

December 18, 2017

Local merchants has offered to buy rice from Rakhine State at the price of Ks 310,000 for 100 baskets, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation.

“Most of the merchants are from Rakhine State. We are giving priority to the local merchants to buy the rice,” said U Thaung Win, the member of Central Executive Committee of Myanmar Rice Federation.

Ripe monsoon rice in Buthidaung and Maungtaw region is being harvested by Agricultural Mechanisation Department (AMD) to prevent waste, with the harvested rice systematically handed over to rice receiving and storing committees.

The Rakhine State government committee will take measures for selling the rice from the paddy farms which were abandoned by ownersp.

“The government committee will give back the money from selling rice to the owners when they come back to their home.” said U Thaung Win.

“Currently, the paddy was harvested in Maungtaw Township, Rakhine State with the assistance of the Agricultural Mechanisation Department. There are also many farmland which need harvestors. It can produce maximum 2 million baskets,” said U Kyaw Win, the vice chairman of Myanmar Rice Merchants Association.

The Agricultural Mechanisation Department is planning to harvest paddy in more than 20,000 acres in Maungtaw region within three months. Myanmar Rice Federation has already made arrangement to provide the storage service for the post harvest paddy, it is learnt.

Zar Lin Thu (AMIA)

Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar