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Nashik: Farmers from the district want the central government to have a separate budget for agriculture just like the railway budget.The farmers also want the Centre to set up separate funds for farmers in line with the Price Stability Funds. Finally, farmers incur losses due to rise in supply of the produce as compared to demand. Moreover, input costs of seeds and fertilisers should be brought down so that production cost can reduce,” he said. “The costs of pesticides and fungicides have increased by 50% in the past four-five years. Hence, the government needs to take measures for providing pesticides and fungicides at low rates..