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This is with reference to "Investing in farm sector"(Business Line, January 13).

It is worrying and unfortunate that millions of tonnes of farm produce are eaten by pests and rats, when lakhs of people are dying every year from chronic malnutrition.

The Centre should get private players into this area.

Y. N. Murthy Hyderabad

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