Rising transport costs and extortion affected farmers: Minister of Agriculture

Agriculture Minister Dr. Abdur Razzak has said that farmers are suffering due to increase in transport cost and extortion.

The remarks were made by the Agriculture Minister after the second session of the second day of the Deputy Commissioners' (DC) Conference at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital on Wednesday (January 19).

The agriculture minister said the deputy commissioners should coordinate at the local level in exporting agricultural products to the international market.