THE agriculture ministry said early this week that the government had no intention of banning import and export permits for cereal crops and emphasized that it was encouraging farmers to form groups and have unified influence.
Mr Hussein Bashe, the Deputy Minister for Agriculture, told the National Assembly that import and export of cereal crop permits were being issued together with a phytosanitary certificates to facilitate local farmers and businessmen in the trade.
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