The spokesman for the government responded to farmers’ dissatisfaction with the guaranteed purchase price of wheat, saying the increase in the price of wheat would affect the price of bread, so the government would look at the whole community to determine its purchase price.

Ali Rabiei told reporters at a national conference,  it was the government’s agenda to determine the appropriate rate of guaranteed purchases of agricultural products, which had helped the villagers and reduced the migration from the villages; We have even seen reverse migration in some of the country’s villages.

Referring to the fact that farmers are not satisfied with the guaranteed purchase price of agricultural products, especially wheat, he added: “In this context, we should pay attention to the growth rate of guaranteed wheat purchase rate, which means that the increase in the guaranteed purchase price of wheat affects the price of bread. So the government looks at the whole community to determine the purchase price of this product.
Referring to the fact that the government also provides subsidized inputs to farmers, Rabiei said: “An acceptable figure is set for a guaranteed purchase rate of wheat; however, if we had more funds, we would like to see a higher guaranteed purchase rate of agricultural products, including wheat.”

Rabbi continued: In some years, the government will pay farmers 13-15 thousand billion Tomans to buy wheat, which is a significant figure.
In another part of his speech, he said: The unemployment rate in rural areas of the country has fallen by 1.1% and has fallen from 7.7% to 6.6%.

“I believe that the measures taken are still insufficient and the Monetary and Credit Council should pay more attention to the micro-finance system,” he said.

The spokesman for the government said: One of the problems of the villagers is insurance and there should be activities that the villagers do not face during the old age as well, which is the way of rural social security.

He noted that in the past six years, the number of rural insured has increased by 5%, saying: One million eight hundred thousand people are related to rural and nomadic insurance, of which 600,000 have migrated to other insurers and are currently pensioners.
He added: “In total, one million two hundred thousand people pay premiums, which we believe should increase to 2.5 million rural households.”