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Govt issues fresh plea to farmers

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Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Namal Karunaratna has requested farmers to bring their paddy stocks to government-owned storage facilities.

Karunaratna said that aside from the certified price of paddy, farmers would receive an additional Rs. 2 for every kilogram of paddy brought in.

He made these comments after conducting an observation tour of the Amblipitiya paddy storage complex.

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