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Hybrid Paddy Procurement Faces Storage and Milling Hurdles

Hybrid Paddy Procurement Faces Storage and Milling Hurdles

The High Court's decision means the government must buy a certain type of rice seed from farmers.

But, the people who process the rice (millers) don't want to because they lose money with these seeds and don't have space to store it.

These seeds produce a lot of rice.

But the millers say it doesn't give them as much rice when they mill it.

This creates a problem as there might not be enough space to store the rice from this harvest because the storage facilities are full.

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