Faldessai underscores importance of farmers
PANAJI: Chairman of Goa Rehabilitation Board and Cumbarjua MLA said that the State and Central governments are sparing no efforts to assist farmers.
He was speaking at the Krishak Swarn Samruddhi Week organised by ICAR-CCARI at KVK Old Goa.
Present were Director of ICAR-CCARI Dr. Praveen Kumar, Head and senior scientist KVK North Goa Dr. N. Bommayasamy, SMS Animal Sciences KVK North Goa Dr. Sanjay Kumar Uddhawar, ACTO ICAR-CCARI Rahul Kulkarni and other dignitaries.
The programme being held from September 23 to 28 is a significant step toward empowering farmers with modern agricultural practices and fostering collaboration with policymakers, said Faldessai.
“We are encouraging farmers. We have been supporting them from the Centre and State government. Everyone may not get jobs. Farmers are important for our two square meals. We also compensate our farmers even during crises. There was crop loss due to heavy rains in many areas of our constituency. We compensated them for their losses. Many farmers toil in the fields so that they earn and support their families and educate their children. In our constituency, 200 farmers were felicitated two months back. Our experts should go to our farmers and help them in their activities. Also, our farmers should also take the benefit of the assistance provided by the government” he said.
He also said that the foundation stone for the railway overbridge at Dauji will be laid in the first week of October.
In his address, Dr Kumar called for added efforts to scale up backyard poultry farming in Goa.
“Poultry industry can make Goa self-reliant. Up to 60% of the poultry meat in Goa is imported from states like Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Backyard poultry is a way forward towards making Goa Swayampurna. In addition to agriculture, farmers can also earn from poultry farming,” he said.
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