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Surinamese Rice Sector Struggling · 13 October 2006, 14:11 CET by Charles Vermeulen

Interior of a rice (paddy) processing factory in Nickerie
Interior of a padie processing factory / peeling-mill (Nickerie, Surinam, 01:58:35 PM SRT, 8 May, 2005)

In the previous posting I related about a possible connection between the high number of suicides and the struggling rice sector in the Surinam polder-district of Nickerie. In an article, entitled ‘Boeren zitten met geoogste padie’ (‘Farmers Saddled With Harvested Paddy’) in today’s edition of Dagblad Suriname Asha Bhagwat reports that Surinam padie farmers also struggle with a lack of sales potential, besides with low yields. According to Bhagwat’s report at least four big rice buyer-ups can’t buy this year’s harvest because they in turn lack export possibilities. As a result of this Surinamese rice farmers threaten to get saddled with millions of kilograms of rice.

Padie field in Boonacker, Nickerie
Padie field in Boonacker (Nickerie, Surinam, 09:36 AM SRT, 2 May, 2005)

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