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Rice farmers are calling for the nationalisation of the rice industry in the wake of low prices they are expected to receive for paddy.At a fiery meeting held yesterday at the Guyana Rice Producers’ Association (RPA) office at Crane, West Coast Demerara, between farmers, millers, representatives from the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) and the RPA, farmers expressed emphatically that they are operating at a loss and government must intervene.For the upcoming crop, farmers are expected to receive $2000 for a bag of paddy and this is almost four thousand dollars less than what they received previous crops.Jagnarine Singh, General Manager of the GRDB, explained that the industry is a private enterprise and as such, the setting of prices is left to millers and farmers. He reminded farmers that they were the ones who subscribed to the current changes. This comment did not sit well with the farmers, since they are of the opinion that the GRDB should really be doing more but it is made up of too many ‘yes-men’.Ganga Persaud, a farmer of 52 years, believes the industry is heading for imminent collapse if the current low rice price trend continues. He insists that farmers will not have the financial resources to go back to the fields.Persaud noted that the current fluctuation in prices is an ongoing trend, but the time has come for government to set rice prices rather than leave it to millers who he emphasized, continue to exploit farmers. He questioned the role of the RPA in representing the farmers.Rice Miller Turhane DoergaPersaud also opined that if a representative of the body is also a member of the government it would be difficult for that individual to agitate for better working conditions for the group he represents. Persaud referred to the current situation as a ‘ticking time bomb’.Turhane Doerga, a miller of Ruimzeight Rice Mills, said the genesis of the crisis has its roots in a US-owned company signing contracts with a few local millers and exporters at US$355 per 1000 kg cargo. He said this move is what contributed to millers being unable to pay more than $2000 per bag for paddy.Doerga is at a loss as to who authorised this agreement, as according to him, this move meant that millers were unable to bargain for higher prices when selling abroad and as such this filtered down to the farmers. He assured them that millers’ hands are tied “we don’t want a war between the millers and the farmers… we would have paid more if we could.”He said he feels for the farmers since no one should operate at a loss. Doerga proposed that millers and farmers approach the Agriculture Minister, and indicated that he (Doerga) is willing to pay $3250 for a bag of paddy if the right climate is created.Meanwhile, GRDB Head, Jagnarine Singh, is proposing that a specialised agency be set up to look after the interest of small and medium size mills. This he said will assist in alleviating many of the problems that currently exist. He believes fifty percent of the farmers will be able to earn a livable income if his proposal is taken onboard.In the meantime, farmers are calling for the setting up of a farmer’s intervention fund. They say the rice industry should be assisted the same way government has assisted others.Also at the meeting it was established that a delegation of farmers would meet with President Bharrat Jagdeo,Wholesale China Jerseys, before the end of the week, on paddy prices as well as other critical issues facing the industry.Speaking with Kaieteur News yesterday, General Secretary of the Guyana Rice Producers’ Association (RPA), Dharamkumar Seeraj, said that on Tuesday he spoke with the President, who is currently in Brazil, and the Head of State has agreed to meet with a number of the farmers and rice officials upon his return.An estimated 60 farmers and rice millers attended yesterday’s meeting where concerns were also raised on the state of farming roads, the quality of contractors’ work on infrastructure and paddy prices.Also present at yesterday’s meeting was Vice Chairman,Cheap Nike Air Max 97 Shoes, Manpersaud and members of the water users associations of Region Three.At the conclusion of the meeting many farmers expressed dissatisfaction that they were unable to take away anything positive from the meeting. They said that the sole reason for calling the meeting was to come to a compromise about rice prices, but this was not achieved. There are other such meetings to be held countrywide in the coming week to address the current situation.Last week, Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, had said that is not government’s role to find new markets or meddle with price, since Guyana operates a free market system. The government’s role includes taking matters and handling them on a bilateral level.A number of rice farmers had met with the Minister, where it was highlighted that transportation and harvesting cost