Only 1.34% of the farmers got the government-set price against their produce (Dhaka Tribune) 

Dhaka Tribune published an article on the government procurement plan and boro rice. IFPRI carried out a study through its USAID-funded Policy Research and Strategy Support Program (PRSSP) in Bangladesh with the Ministry of Agriculture commissioning the task. The Study notes that each year the food department buys far more rice than paddy under its food procurement program. Senior Research Fellow, Country Representative, and member of the Study team Akhter Ahmed states that buying more paddy by the government doesn’t mean millers will be the losers in any way. Republished in Daily Observer, Prothom Alo.