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GRDB extension office should be more efficient

Aug 24, 2015 Letters

Dear Editor,
Many rice farmers complain about the allegedly poor services provided by the extension department of GRDB.
If one should ask rice farmers if they know or have already seen the extension officer within their respective district for the cropping season, their answer would most likely be “no”.
This has been the case for many years and the reason for this seems to be linked to the fact that most of these officers employed by the GRDB or under the RPA are engaged in other business ventures and private work such as farming (both cash crop and rice farming), operator of bus or taxi services, politics and others, while their role as extension officers to provide the necessary services to the farmers is being neglected.
So these persons are accused of treating their permanent and full time employment as a part time job while the poor farmers are the ones to suffer because from the inadequate services. These officers are hired by the Government and the rice board, and are supposed to spread the message on the aspect of rice cultivation.
In my view, the service provided by the extension is poor and the rice industry will once again plunge in the gutters, since the farmers need the extension force to work with them and provide the necessary advice in a timely manner.
I call on the Government and the GRDB to conduct an independent investigation and to ensure that officers who are assigned and paid by taxpayers’ money, provide the services for which they were contracted, and if they cannot live up to expectations, then suitable replacements should be found.
As a farmer, I stand ready to support this.
T Ross

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