Marlon wrote: "What Soter says about prices of produce is correct. But is it not the unchecked powers of the government that is responsible for this? It works both ways - sometimes in favor of the farmers and sometimes in favor of the consumers. When the government imposes price controls or bans exports, the farmer cannot get the market price for his produce. When the government subsidies water usage for the farmer (mostly ground water), it encourages waste and a receding water table. Ditto for fertilizers, diesel fuel, electricity ..... What does not change however, is regardless of whether the government giveth or taketh, it always gets its cut. Unfortunately, leftists like Soter believe that the government is the solution, when it is in fact the main problem.
As far as mechanization, it has been already stated that this has not been implemented very successfully thanks to farm sizes being relatively small in Goa." Comment: Soter believes that the government is solution? Marlon fortunately is focussing only on my left hand. Thank God for once someone is ascribing a pro-government colour to my opinions and needs to convey this to Digu bab. Now marlon attributes non-implementation of mechanisation to farm sizes. Are xannea, Goa's agricultural lands have a varied soil strata and therefore what works in Ker and Morods will not work in khazans and vice versa. Not that gadgets are not available but have to be imported and therefore costly. Government of Goa has not invested enough in research on low cost tools and equipment for agriculture. We depend on Kerala for its innovations. Appears that some are raising points just to pass their time. So I will not repsond after this on any of this rubbish. Goa's young enlightened tribe is at its peak. -Soter
