The Agriculture and Food Industries Ministry has suggested that local chillies be sold wholly in the market to meet the needs of consumers while imported chillies would be used for products like sauces.
He said domestic chilli production currently accounted for 60 per cent of the country’s needs, with the rest being imported from countries like Thailand. “Currently, we see increased interest from farmers, especially the younger generation, in entering the field. Therefore, we hope this mechanism will encourage the ramping up of local chilli production to meet 100 per cent of domestic demand,” he said in a press conference here, today.
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