Daijiworld Media Network - Goa
Goa, Oct 27: The Goa government has been urged to purchase harvesting machines and make them available to farmers at reasonable rates instead of depending on equipment brought in from outside the state.
Barde said farmers continued to cultivate their fields despite suffering losses due to various reasons and deserved full support from the government.
Highlighting the growing shortage of agricultural labourers, he said workers were no longer available in sufficient numbers as they had been in the past, making mechanisation essential to support farmers and sustain agricultural activities.