2 plantations go up in flames at Canacona

the goan I networkPublished Feb 18, 2018, 4:21 AM IST

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CANACONA
Two plantations estimated at about Rs 3.5 lakh were destroyed in separate fire incidents in Canacona taluka on Friday and Saturday.
According to the Canacona fire services, a cashew plantation caught fire at Dhupemolol (New Waddo), Bhatpal, on Saturday, destroying a cashew plantation valued at about Rs 50,000. The plantation belongs to Alex Fernandes and Mary Fernandes, informed Fire personnel.
In a major fire incident on Friday, a sugarcane plantation at Edda-Cotigao got destroyed, before fire services could reach the site.
Fire services pegged the loss at over Rs 3 lakh and the sugarcane plantation belonged to state award-winning farmer Prasad Velip.
Sources further informed that a short-circuit in an open electricity overhead alignment passing through the plantation is believed to have started the fire.
Agriculture officers on Saturday inspected the plantation to take stock of the mishap, sources added.

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Shekhavat suggests cooperative farming model for Goa

Union Min says farmers should also look into other sources of income

the goan I network

Published Feb 18, 2018, 4:19 AM IST

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PONDA Stating that the future of agriculture lies in the cooperative sector, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Gajendra Singh Shekhavat on Friday also suggested that farmers should consider alternative sources of income to tackle unprecedented crisis in farming activities. “We have to take farmers to the cooperative farming model. I am ready to take up this project in Goa as I think only the cooperative sector is the future for farmers,”…