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imported food soon after the flood". Since the godown in the country could store only 26 lakh tonnes of potato against our total production of 75 lakh tonnes, the Government could buy all the excess quantity of potato from farmers to encourage them to cultivate it on a wide scale.

Secretary of Sammobadi Dal, Dilip Barua said, "production in the agriculture sector is closely linked with land administration system and change in this system will greatly help increase food production, he noted.