With the start of the wheat harvest season, transportation fares have increased dramatically in some areas, causing farmers to complain, and according to experts, one of the reasons is to collect the same product. One of the proposed strategies of the National Iranian Wheat farmers’ Association is to solve the problem of integrating transportation fares by the Provincial Purchasing Organization Task Force, a task force that is required to be formed this time with the presence of representatives from the organization of surveillance agencies.

Wheat rice has increased by 20 to 100 percent in different provinces, and has faced serious problems for the delivery of cargoes to delivery centers.

Mohammad Hosseini is one of the Azerbaijani farmers who has had trouble these days because of the rise of truck fares to carry his product.

He said truckers increased their car hire rates by 30 percent from last year, which is not possible for most farmers due to the difficult economic conditions.

According to Hosseini, this cost will increase by 100% if the truck enters the farm and moves along with the combine.

 He said: Truckers have raised the price of tires and expensive repairs and parts due to increased shipping costs.

In response to the question that this year the government pays part of the carriage fare because it cannot be used, Husseini said: “If the part of the carriage is payable, we will deliver the wheat to the silos of the state contract, while in Most villages do not have silo and wheat farmers send themselves to rural cooperatives.

He continued: Rural cooperatives do not pay a farmer a fare to the farmers, and the whole fare is payable to the farmers for transportation to these centers.

The farmer emphasized: Every year, whenever the wheat is picked up, truckers increase fares, and this is a recurring problem every year. The only difference this year with the past years is the high level of fares that are out of the reach of farmers.

In this regard, Aliqoli Imani, vice chairman of Iran’s National wheat cultivator, in a conversation with Ilna’s reporter, considers the solution to this problem and to cope with the profitability of some truckers by integrating transportation fares by a guaranteed procurement team based in the provinces, the task force that is required this time with The presence of representatives from the organization of other supervisory bodies.

He said that in some provinces, the working group was formed with the presence of truckers representatives, government agencies and some other regulatory and related agencies, and set the price for carriage of truckers.

Imani continued: Truckers in these provinces are obliged to receive transport fares on the basis of the approved rates, and if they ask for more money they will be violated.

According to Imani, farmers in these provinces can report any abusive trucks to number 124 of the inspection and supervision of the organization of industry, mining and trading.

He emphasized that it is necessary to work on a guaranteed purchasing team based in each province on the integration of carriage fares, adding: “The only way to deal with the profits of some trucks is to integrate transportation fares in each province, so that farmers know their obligations with fares, and The site also has a chance to report any possible violations.

According to government support policies for wheat farmers this year, farmers will receive a shipping fee for the transportation of wheat to government-controlled silos per tonne of crop. But this allowance does not include farmers who deliver their products to rural cooperatives, and the cost of transport is entirely the responsibility of farmers.