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Aware that farming has become uneconomical for marginal farmers given the difficulty in getting labour for paddy cultivation at reasonable rates in Goa, RDA Minister and Saligao MLA Jayesh Salgaonkar said he had encouraged farmer’s clubs to make use of mechanised paddy transplanters.
Salgaonkar was addressing a gathering at Guirim to mark the start of cultivation of paddy fields by the Green Field Farmers Club using a Paddy Transplanter in the presence of Zonal Agricultural Officer Rena Menezes, Agriculture Mechanical Cultivation Officer Satish Kerkar and other farmers. “I have been encouraging farmers should do farming in a scientific manner using latest technology. Farmers find it difficult to get labour for paddy cultivation at reasonable rates in Goa.”
“As a result, farming has become uneconomical for marginal farmers and it is for this reason that I have encouraged farmer’s clubs to make use of mechanised Paddy Transplanters,” said Salgaonkar.
Stating that the government is exploring the possibility of introducing cosmic and cooperative farming in Goa to increase agriculture output, the minister said innovative ideas would help farmers reduce the cost of production and increase their profits.
