Seeding Subsidies
It is time the government revised the system of fertilizer subsidies, and subsidize rice production.
February 25, 2014
For several years, the government has been powerless about people stealing fertilizer subsidies. Now the government can do nothing in the face of pressure from fertilizer factories demanding a rise in the production cost of subsidized fertilizer. This ongoing chaos shows how wrong the Agriculture Ministry has been with its policies.
Pressure to increase fertilizer production costs has led to shortages of fertilizer. If the basic production cost
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