Team Herald
PANJIM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday congratulated the farmers of Goa for their efforts towards realising the government’s goal of creating a ‘Swayampurna Goa’.
Sawant also elaborated about the efforts undertaken by the State Horticulture Corporation and the State Agriculture Department to improve the agriculture sector’s overall performance and stakeholders’ confidence.
“The government has added more crops under assured price and market, thereby giving a boost to the farmers for increasing production. To provide further impetus to the sector, the assured price in the future will be fixed as per the cost of cultivation in Goan conditions,” said Sawant.
“There has been a steep rise in procurement of local vegetables from local farmers by Horticulture Corporation Ltd in the last two years which indicate a great increase in production by Goan farmers,” the Chief Minister added.
