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"content": "Therefore, even without saying much, the first thing the Minister for Agriculture needs to do, if he really wants to revive the agricultural sector in this country, is to re- establish the extension services in the rural areas so that farmers can have easy access to knowledge and technology in order to grow crops. I listened very carefully and with a lot of interest to the Ministerâs Statement that he will gazette some rules, particularly as far as afforestation is concerned. This will ensure that farmers plant trees in a certain percentage of their farms. That is good. However, I hope along with that, the Minister will also consider gazetting stringent rules on cultivation along river banks. If you visit rural areas, you will find farmers cultivating up to the river bank. That is one of the reasons why we have run into very serious problems. Of late, we have been talking about---"
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