This is something our Agriculture Minister and anyone else interested in
Goa's development , must read and follow up.Tourism is a notoriously fickle
industry. Instead if we were to concentrate more on value addition to our
agriculture produce, the economy and people would benefit tremendously .
Cocum juice, if marketed wisely, has tremendous scope . Goa's agricultural
base has eroded because we have taken to the service sector where returns
are higher and our hands are not soiled.Our fields rmain fallow and eyed by
real estate lobbies. Perhaps we should opt for mechanisation where a machine
could till, sow and also reap. I know the land holdings are small, but if
the Agriculture Dept could hire out such a machine , I am sure it would
boost our agricultural produce. What say, Miguel ?
Eric Pinto
