Farmers in the Making
Goa was once a land of verdant beauty with its any fields glowing with crops. Gradually it is beginning to resemble a concrete jungle, ravaged by the contrivances of land sharks and builders. Agriculture was once the mainstay of this tiny state, but today a considerable amount of land lies fallow. The owners of the fields, in most cases, have given up cultivation owing to the costs involved and the lack of manpower. The revival of agriculture as a primary occupation and the recommencing of cultivation of this fallow land must be armoured by the development of a scientific approach. For this, however, trained manpower is required and agriculture is not a subject available easily at an academic level. It was for this reason that the Ramanata Crisna Pai Raikar School of Agriculture (RCRSA) came into existence under the patronage of well-known businessman and erstwhile president of the GCCI (Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry) Mr Manguirish Pai Raiker. The school has 11th and 12th standa