Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar on Friday provided a tractor and fertilizer bags to all farmers in Belabai-Vasco.
Speaking to reporters, Salkar said he would also request the government to increase subsidies to farmers, to motivate and bring back youth into farming which could generate self-employment.
“I have been doing this as an annual ritual for the last 14 years and we provide them with tractors, urea, fertiliser and seeds to promote farming in this area. This is the only farmland in Vasco city and we have to save it because these traditional farmers are growing old and we need to support them.”
“We are also in discussion to develop adjoining area into farmlands because this was the only farm that offered chemical-free vegetables to Mormugao Taluka during the pandemic,” said Salkar.
Ward councillor Girish Borker said they have started the new campaign to develop additional farmland. “We request people to immediately contact us or the MLA if they are interested in carrying out agricultural activity here so that we can extend them support from our side and also from the government,” said Borker.
