SHILLONG: Hill Farmers’ Union (HFU) has demanded from the government to allocate a special package for the Agriculture department and its allied sectors such as animal husbandry department, soil department and horticulture department, and to recognise it as a major department.
Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, HFU president Commander Shangpliang said, “We want a special package for farmers in the year 2020 which was declared by the chief minister as ‘Year of the Farmers’. We appeal the government to allocate 3-4 times more than the usual to the department of agriculture. We want the government to make it a major department”.
He demanded that the government should issue a circular to recognise December 4 as Farmers’ Day.
Shangpliang also said that the farmers still face problems with regard to marketing the agricultural produce, and maintained that presence of market is a must to enhance the welfare of farmers.
