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States » NorthPosted at: Dec 11 2020 4:40PM


UP govt to distribute free vegetable seeds to 20 lakh farmers

Gorakhpur, Dec 11 (UNI) To promote cultivation of vegetables, the Uttar Pradesh government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will be giving vegetable seeds free of cost to over 20 lakh farmers.
The government is also promoting horticulture, vegetable and fruit farming in the Purvanchal region as it is very effective in doubling the income of farmers of this region.
Mr Surya Pratap Shahi, the Minister for Agriculture, Agriculture Education and Research, has said that horticulture has immense potential in Purvanchal. In this region, while cereals are ready in 6 months, vegetable take 2 to 3 months to reap. Farmers should be made aware of such technology so that they can earn maximum income from horticulture, he said.
Mr Shahi, who was speaking in the technical session of the primary sector on the second day of the national webinar cum seminar on `Sustainable development: issues, strategies and future direction of Purvanchal’, here on Friday , said “The reason for the backwardness of the farmers is that they do not have updated knowledge of technologies. Diversification and multi-cropping are the demands of the agriculture sector and horticulture can play an important role in this.”
The state government is continuously making efforts for the development of the agriculture sector. A centre of the International Rice Research Centre, Philippines, has been opened in Varanasi and efforts are also being made to open a centre of International Potato Research Centre. In the last three years, about Rs 300 Crore have been given to Krishi Vigyan Kendra and other agricultural institutions, Mr Shahi added.
Weather-based crop insurance for protection of crops is being provided at a mere five percent premium and Mandi fee has been reduced from 2 percent to 1 percent. 50 percent grant is also being provided on construction of poly houses.
“In addition, 80 percent subsidy in being provided on agricultural equipments like sprinklers under the `Per Drop More Crop’ scheme. Such equipments save water and also increase the production of crops,” he said.
Two mango packaging houses have been constructed in Amroha and Varanasi at a cost of Rs 9.90 Crore each. During the corona times, about 2000 Quintal mangos have been exported from this region. “Dushari mangoes have been the identity of UP and its quality can further be enhanced. By improving the quality of the `Gaurjit’ mangos of Gorakhpur and Basti, its exports can be increased and they could well give a tough competition to Alphaso mangoes,” he explained.
Meanwhile, Devesh Chaturvedi, additional chief secretary, agriculture, informed that most of the lakhs of the migrants who returned during the corona pandemic were from Purvanchal and a majority of them were given work in the agriculture sector. “New agricultural policies can be formalised by doing a SWAT analysis of the agriculture sector. Ample human resource is available in the sector in Purvanchal besides abundant water and improved road connectivity is our strength”, he said.
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