Government plan on vegetables and fruit farming – Farmers fill pockets due to fruits and vegetable cultivation, knowing the Master Plan of the UP government
40 % of the country’s labor is adjusted in the agriculture sector. However, unemployment in this field is the biggest problem. Farmers should be farming according to local and international market demand instead of traditional agriculture, which is an effective solution to this problem. Recently, Sanjeev Puri, president of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), said the same thing. According to him, the focus of the agriculture sector should be mainly on two things. Agriculture filled with farmers’ pockets. Farmers should be produced according to global demand. According to this advice, the importance of fruits and vegetable cultivation increases. Their cultivation is two to two and a half times higher than the purpose of traditional agriculture.
Due to labor -dominated agriculture, there is also a good adjustment to the labor force. Food and nutritional safety from them is like a bonus. This is the reason why the Yogi government is very important on vegetable and horticultural cultivation, their processing and export. The government is also running many schemes for this.
The goal of setting up a thousand units in each district
If vegetables and fruit processing units are set up at the local level, then fruits and vegetables, plants, mature fruits and vegetables, grading, loading, loading, unloading and marketing will manifold. Efforts are being made to provide better prices to farmers by improving its productivity and quality in the local market or in the local market. There is a lot of focus on processing for this.
The government aims to set up small and large processing units in each district. Under the Pradhan Minister’s Food Update Scheme, the beneficiary who has set up a unit at 35 per cent grant will be given loans of up to Rs 30 lakh. So far, about 17 thousand processing units have been installed. If the unit belongs to a woman and she wants to set up a solar plant for it, the government grants her up to 90 percent of her plant.
UP’s first Indo-Douch project will open in Barabaki
The Indo -Dutch Center for Excellence for Excellence for Flowers and Vegetable Cultivation is opened in Tridiganj, Barabanki in seven hectares of land. For this, both sides agreed at the meeting with the Netherlands experts. The center has research work and training is also provided.
Attempts to increase exports are underway
The UP government is developing basic facilities to increase the export of fruits and vegetable. Its focus has the potential market of the European and United States (USA) (USA). Export standards of food items in these countries are very strict. In view of this, the government is exported to the largest international airport jewelery in Asia. To this end, the first gamma radio plant is ready in Lucknow’s industrial area Nadarganj. There is no infection in treat fruits and vegetables from this plant. They can be stored for a long time.
Enormous opportunities in agriculture
After Covid, people’s sensitivity has increased due to health. This is why exports have also increased with demand for local level agriculture and food. Due to growing education, improved economic condition and health, this demand is constantly increasing. Production is also increasing due to increasing demand. According to the State Bank of India’s report, in the last decade, the availability of fruits and vegetables in the last decade has increased seven to twelve kilograms.
Government focus on small marginal farmers
To this end, the per capita production and consumption increased to 227 and 146 kg, respectively. Uttar Pradesh has the highest contribution. Because in terms of fruits and vegetable production, it is the first in the country. This number one is the schemes launched by the Yogi government by focusing on small marginal farmers involved in the Yogi government. Especially the expansion of the irrigation area, free electricity for tube wells, healthy species of healthy species from the Center for Excellence to excel at the local level, etc.
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