Potato farmers give authorities a week to ponder their demands

POTATO growers have decided to suspend their planned blockades for one week to give the government a chance to meet their demand for payoffs to leave the profession.

The government has refused to accept the potato growers’ demands and ruled them out as unjustifiable and unreasonable. They said they would not accept to negotiate under threat.
The farmers will be holding meetings with Agricultural organisations next week to discuss what action to take in order to convince the government of the fairness of their demands.

The potato growers said yesterday they would assemble all their tractors in preparation for blockades and take them to Ormeidia until next week when they expect a reply from the government.

They have not ruled out the possibility of closing the Presidential Palace road.
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