Important News on Payment of Wheat Farmers' Dues: What Is the Reasonable Price per Kilo of Wheat According to the Ministry of Agriculture Jihad?

The CEO of the National Wheat Farmers Foundation, noting that farmers' dues are to be settled by the end of the week, said the Ministry of Agriculture Jihad, as the custodian of production, considers the reasonable price of a kilogram of wheat to be 92,000 tomans.

According to Ambassador Arjan, the CEO of the National Wheat Farmers Foundation said: Delay in payment of wheat farmers' demands leads to lack of motivation and discouragement of farmers. Therefore, it is necessary to accelerate the payment of claims.

The Young Journalists Club wrote: Criticizing the delay in determining the guaranteed purchase rate of wheat, Aligli Imani, CEO of the National Wheat Farmers Foundation, said: According to the Law on the Guaranteed Purchase of Agricultural Products, pricing should be done by taking into account components such as the cost of production, inflation rate, exchange rate, and world prices. Based on this, the proposed price for the guaranteed purchase of wheat was 85 thousand tomans, but the program and budget organization, without scientific support, proposes another figure.

Emphasizing the necessity of economical production for farmers, he added: Effective support for farmers is possible through fair and reasonable price determination, but despite the holding of expert meetings, the review of production costs and the holding of a council meeting, the final price of the guaranteed purchase of wheat has not yet been approved, and another expert meeting has been scheduled to be held.

Referring to the opinion of the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad about the reasonable rate of guaranteed purchase of wheat, the CEO of the National Wheat Farmers Foundation stated: As the guardian of production, the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad considers the reasonable price of each kilogram of wheat to be 92 thousand tomans. At the time when the proposed rate of 85 thousand Tomans was proposed, the exchange rate was 170 thousand Tomans, but the increase in the exchange rate has severely affected the production costs and livelihood of farmers.

Imani continued criticizing the delay in announcing the guaranteed purchase rate of wheat: farmers are complaining about this situation and have expressed their dissatisfaction in numerous calls. Some of them raise the concern that the government intends to announce the guaranteed purchase rate after the end of the cultivation season; While the timely announcement of the price helps the farmers to decide to grow their crop.

He also said about the latest payment status of wheat farmers' claims: the amount of unpaid claims is between 5 and 7% in warm areas and 50% in cold areas. According to the promise of the head of the program and budget organization, the demands of the wheat farmers are supposed to be settled by the end of the week.

Emphasizing the importance of timely payment of farmers' demands, the CEO of the National Wheat Farmers Foundation stated: farmers need liquidity to provide the required inputs and start operations in the new crop year; Therefore, accelerating the payment of claims plays an important role in providing cultivation costs.

In the end, Imani emphasized: delay in paying the demands of wheat farmers reduces their motivation and discouragement; Therefore, it is necessary to accelerate the settlement of claims and timely announcement of the guaranteed purchase rate of wheat to support the production and planning of farmers.