Need to adopt cash crops over traditional farming for higher income: UP min
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Varanasi: Around 800
progressive farmers
from all 10 districts of Varanasi, Azamgarh, and Vindhyachal divisions along with entrepreneurs, FPOs, and exporters participated in the
horticultural advancement seminar
organised at Chowkaghat here on Wednesday to mark the golden jubilee of horticulture department.
Inaugurating the seminar, minister of state (Independent Charge) Dinesh Pratap Singh urged farmers to take advantage of the horticulture department's farmer-beneficiary schemes and instructed organising village-level meetings to distribute pamphlets related to horticultural schemes.The minister discussed the popularity of Indian mango varieties in Russia and emphasised the potential for horticultural crop production, noting that although horticultural crops cover only 10% of the state's total agricultural area, they contribute 33% to the GDP.
He highlighted the need to adopt
cash crops
over traditional farming for higher income from less land and drew attention to various departmental subsidies. "Efforts are being made to ensure global market access for our products, and the opening of Jewar Airport will facilitate easier foreign access to our produce," he said. He also invited people to set up frozen units and said that with collective efforts, Uttar Pradesh can be transformed into an Uttam (excellent) state.
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The establishment of a potato research centre in Agra will significantly benefit many people. Information was shared about the department providing free four-line fencing up to 1000 metres for horticultural farming. BL Meena, additional chief secretary, horticulture and food processing, announced the establishment of centres of excellence for dates and oranges in Mirzapur district and encouraged farmers to promote sweet potato production and its foreign trade.
Various institutions, firms, and govt departments set up stalls on the occasion.
Scientists from BHU, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Varanasi, Indian Institute of Vegetable Research (IIVR) and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) discussed advancement of horticultural crops according to agro-climatic zones. DR Bhardwaj, Principal Scientist of the IIVR, gave a presentation on vegetable varieties for export and horticultural crop varieties for foreign trade. Prof Shriram Singh from BHU provided technical information on dragon fruit to the farmers.
Amit Yadav, deputy director of agricultural marketing and agricultural foreign trade, spoke on export policy.
Divisional Commissioner S Rajalingam highlighted the economic importance of horticultural crops.
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