The South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (Sanem), a non-profit research organisation, has proposed that interest-free loans be arranged for farmers instead of the government-announced interest based loansduring the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The research organisation has proposed that the government should provide different inputs for farmers from production to harvesting so that farmers can get due price of their crops during the coronavirus pandemic.
The observations came at a seminar in the capital on Monday.
Dr Selim Raihan, executive director of Sanem and professor of economics at Dhaka University, moderated the seminar. Dr Sayema Haque Bidisha of the same department took part in the discussion.
From outside Dhaka, teachers at different universities in Sylhet, Rangpur and Khulna, as well as the Bangladesh Agricultural University in Mymensingh put forward their opinions in the seminar.
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