Minister for Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and farmers welfare,M R K Panneerselvamassured the farmers of giving a thrust to the in the first-ever separate budget for agriculture.
Farmers suggested the development of integrated farming, re-opening of sugar mills to boost sugarcane cultivation, creation of cold storage facilities for vegetables, distribution of agriculture equipment at subsidized rates, establishments of new agriculture colleges, research institutes and the inclusion of agriculture as a subject in school Education.
The association also asked the government to get the expertise of agriculture scientist Subah Palekar from Maharashtra on zero-budget farming.