MAPUSA
Stressing the need to protect the fields and the rural economy in the State, Aldona MLA Carlos Ferreira has urged the youth to come forward to take up farming.
Ferreira also said that farmers should be encouraged with timely assistance so that they can focus on producing the right kind of output to make the State self-sufficient.
“We have a lot of fields which can be used for cultivation by the farmers. They can then sell their produce which in turn provides self-employment to the locals. If the fields are destroyed then Goa’s rural economy will be finished. I urge the youth, especially the students to soil your hands and take up farming,” Ferreira said.
“Farmers should get assistance. If our fields are destroyed, then agriculture will end and we will be forced to import foodgrains from outside the State. Prices are suddenly raised when someone is dependent on a certain commodity. There is market monopoly. This should not happen,” he added.
The Aldona MLA was addressing a gathering while inaugurating work for improvement of the nullah at Panarim, Aldona.
The ward members of Aldona panchayat and the officials of the Water Resources Department (WRD) were also present.
Ferreira said the work entails restoration of the flow of the water channel because the water used to overflow and flood the fields.
“The WRD Minister Subhash Shirodkar had come and inspected this place. I am grateful to him and other officials of the department for processing the file and pushing the project,” he said.
