Hilaro Siquera used to own a 243-hectare farm in Divar, about 6 km from Goa's capital, Panaji. His land isn't cultivable any more: saline water has claimed most of it. Most of Siqueria's fellow cultivators work as daily wagers, their farms having been reduced to mosquito-infested swamps.
Divar's 400-odd farms are no exception. Goa's agro-ecology based on khazan lands is on its death throes
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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-salinisation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-reclamation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mangroves
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/aquaculture
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urbanisation
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/traditional-knowledge
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
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