Agriculture experts in their pre-budget consultation with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Tuesday demanded that the government take steps to boost investment in farm sector and enhance market access to farmers. Sitharaman, who will be presenting the 2019-20 Budget on July 5, assured them that farm sector issues, employment generation, and poverty alleviation are high on the agenda of the government. This was her first pre-budget consultation in the run-up to 2019-20 Budget with representatives of agriculture and rural development sectors. She is also scheduled to meet bankers and economists later.