UP to invest Rs 2,500 crore in natural farming
Virendra Singh Rawat The Uttar Pradesh government has planned to bring 250,000 farmers into the fold of natural farming with an investment of Rs 2,500 crore over the next two…
Sugarcane to add Rs 1.41 trillion to UP GDP
Virendra Singh Rawat In a ‘sweet’ bit of information for 4.5 million sugarcane farmers in Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath government has pegged the cash crop’s Gross Value Output (GVO)…
Yogi 2.0 fortifying sugarcane economy
Virendra Singh Rawat Long term strategy by the Uttar Pradesh government has facilitated a virtual turnaround for the state sugarcane farmers. Nearly 6.5 million sugarcane farmers are registered in UP,…
Bundelkhand poised for era of development
Virendra Singh Rawat The arid region of Bundelkhand, which was hiterto reckoned for large scale outward migration of youth in search of jobs, is now firmly on the path of…
Facebook Live empowers UP cane farmers!
Virendra Singh Rawat Leveraging digital platforms for agricultural advancement, the Uttar Pradesh Sugarcane Development Council has trained over 0.9 million sugarcane farmers through Facebook Live sessions. Under the guidance of…
UP to link maize with popcorn market
Virendra Singh Rawat With India’s popcorn market estimated to touch $662 million by 2033, the Uttar Pradesh government is nudging the maize farmers to opt for popcorn maize cultivation for…
UP procures 5.77 million tonnes paddy
Virendra Singh Rawat Uttar Pradesh has surpassed last year’s paddy procurement figure by 390,000 tonnes, and reaching 5.77 million tonnes (MT) in the current kharif marketing year 2024-25. Moreover, the…
After Maha Kumbh, Sangam to yield crops!
Virendra Singh Rawat After the grand celebration of Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, new possibilities are emerging in the sands of pious Sangam, the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati…
NBRI makes global breakthrough in GM cotton
Virendra Singh Rawat In a global groundbreaking development, agri scientists at the CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow have announced the creation of the world’s first genetically modified (GM) cotton…
UP cane payments top Rs 2.72 trillion in 8 years
Virendra Singh Rawat Uttar Pradesh farmers have received more than Rs 2.72 trillion in sugarcane crop payments over the past eight years since March 2017. Sugarcane crop is one of…