Permanent Secretary in the ministry of Agriculture, Obert Jiri
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‘Cotton revival demands biometric control’

THE government announced a sweep­ing new biometric farmer registration system aiming to eliminate rampant side-selling and enforce strict quality-based pricing. This intervention is an attempt to re­verse a catastrophic 95 percent collapse in cotton production. Speaking during the celebrations of World Cotton Day on Thursday, permanent secretary in the ministry of Agriculture, Obert Jiri, called…

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