By
Sudhakara Suvarna
PUTTUR: Ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in Karnataka some of the agriculturists in the state have started an online
agriculture manifesto campaign through a
Facebook group.
The Facebook group created by the agriculturists has 2.77 lakh active members across the world. According to
Mahesh Pucchapadi, one of group's admin, the group members include both Indians and NRIs.
Earlier, the group members were from the areas of Puttur and Sullia only, but now it has members from across the world, said
Ramesh Delampadi, one of the group admin.
Manifesto for Farmers
It is said that the youths are not interested in agriculture but the recent trend has seen high salaried people too turning to agriculture sector. So with the technological advancement, the expectations of the agriculturists have risen. The admins say that they discuss the problems faced by the agriculturists in their Facebook group.
Following are the group's demands for political parties and their election manifesto:
- 24 hours power supply for agriculture pump sets
- Market Price Declaration for agricultural products
- Support price announcement when price falls down for agri products
- Support for using modern ?technology
- Control of mediator
- Supporting educated people who enter the agriculture sector
- Hiring science graduates to vill?age level of agriculture technological information
- Water refilling system to be made mandatory.
- Taluk level agriculture warehouses.
- Support for cattle farming and products selling
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