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The minister also inaugurated the golden jubilee celebration year of the College of Fisheries on this occasion. If there is a cropping pattern for each region, the governments, too, can work on ensuring availability of seeds for each crop. “The farmer who does not have this luxury has to depend on middlemen to do so for him,” the minister, himself an agriculturist, rued. This will help farmers tide over problems caused by soil condition, he said, while exhorting the minister to pay due attention to various issues that fishermen in the state face. Agriculture has become a big gamble due to this very reason, perpetuating the crisis, he noted.The aim of the present government is to prevent farmers from again getting into debt trap and this is a major challenge before it, the minister said, adding the one-time loan waiver measure will no doubt provide relief to a certain extent..