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During the campaign, agricultural scientists and officials of the Department of Agriculture will give modern information to the farmers associated with horticulture, farming, dairy and fisheries.
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Thursday that for the first time scientists working in laboratories, agricultural universities and agricultural science centers will go to the fields directly and contact farmers and help in dealing with agricultural challenges. Inaugurating the ‘Developed Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan’ in UP, he said, “The main goal of the campaign is to take the research” from laboratory to land “.” Agricultural scientists will not only do research in laboratories but will also visit the fields and talk to farmers. This will bring a new revolution in the agriculture sector.
Campaign will run from 29 May to 12 June
The work being done in research centers should be clearly visible on the ground. This campaign will run from 29 May to 12 June. The Chief Minister thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan for starting this important step. He said that during the campaign, Agriculture Scientist and Agriculture Department officials will give modern information to farmers associated with horticulture, farming, dairy and fisheries.. Under this innovative initiative, scientists will study climatic areas on the basis of geographical and social conditions. Farmers will also tell what effect the production of varieties of quick and late ripening.
Double engine government improved farmers’ lives: Yogi
CM Adityanath said that in the last eight years, the double engine government of the state has actively worked to improve the lives of farmers. He criticized the previous governments and said that farmers have never been priority in their agenda. Farmers lacked quality seeds, proper MSP rates, timely fertilizer, irrigation facilities, modern technology and access to soil health management. He said that no attention was paid to reducing the cost of farming and increasing productivity. He highlighted initiatives like soil health card campaign.
CM said- increased irrigation facilities in Uttar Pradesh
CM said that farmers are now benefiting from schemes like PM Crop Insurance Scheme, PM Irrigation Scheme, Minimum Support Price (MSP) and PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi. He said that farmers are being linked to modern technology. In 2014-15, wheat prices were less than Rs 1,000 per quintal, but today MSP is Rs 2,425 and some farmers have sold wheat in the market for Rs 2,800. The Chief Minister said that there has been a significant improvement in irrigation facilities in Uttar Pradesh. More than 1.5 million farmers have got free connections for their personal tube wells. The state government collects Rs 2,500 crore every year to support this initiative. Major projects like Saryu Canal National Project, Bansagar Project and Arjun Assistant have helped to provide additional irrigation to 23 lakh hectares of land under the double engine government.
Fifth agricultural university to be built in Kushinagar
The Chief Minister further mentioned that the fifth agricultural university in Uttar Pradesh will be established at Kushinagar, which will be named after Lord Buddha. Farmers in UP are now increasing their income. Prior to 2017, it was common to hear the farmers about setting their fields on fire as they did not get the payment slip or sugarcane outstanding for years. His anger reflects the failures of previous governments. He said that earlier sugar mills were closing, but under their government, closed mills have been revived and new mills have been set up.
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