Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy has asked officials of the Department of Agriculture to interact with farmers regularly and make field visits to ascertain the situation.
Interacting with farmers at the Government Botanical Garden here on Tuesday, Mr. Narayanasamy said there was no point in officers staying put in their offices and ascertaining the predicament of farmers.
There were several advanced technologies in farm operations.
But the facilities were not reaching the farmers as the officers were virtually failing in their duty to acquaint the farmers with the latest technologies.
Mr. Narayanasamy said that Puducherry had been procuring rice from Andhra Pradesh and vegetables from Bengaluru and Coimbatore, although there was good scope to produce them locally.
He said that his frequent visits to New Delhi had been criticised. But it was because of his trips that Puducherry’s interests were protected in the Goods and Services Tax regime, he said.
Agriculture Minister R. Kamalakannan was present.
