Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath Said at the inauguration ceremony of ‘Agriculture India-2024 Programme’ on Friday that. Many efforts were made in the country within 10 years to free the farmers from the clutches of usury and move them towards self-reliance. There is still scope for improvement. We have to focus on how we can advance the agriculture sector by using better technology.
CM Yogi said that different states within the country will have their own experiences, according to different agricultural climatic zones, different areas of the country have made remarkable progress, this has happened in the world too amidst adverse circumstances. In such a situation, if we share best practices, we can learn a lot from each other. This four-day Mahakumbh of agriculture and technology is being organized at Vrindavan Yojana Ground.
He focused on the use of modern technology to link agriculture with entrepreneurship and increase the income of farmers. Before the program, CM Yogi also participated in a bilateral meeting with country partner Netherlands, in which Deputy Agriculture Minister of Netherlands Jan Kees Goet, Netherlands. Had a meeting with the delegation in the presence of Ambassador Marisa Gerrards.
Agricultural India Exhibition is being organized
2 MoUs have also been signed between the Uttar Pradesh government and the Netherlands and CM Yogi also visited various stalls of the exhibition. ‘Krishi Bharat Exhibition’ is being organized in an area of 20,000 square meters, where sustainable development and innovation in agriculture is being organized. is being showcased. More than 250 exhibitors and more than one lakh farmers and visitors will be present in this exhibition of agriculture, dairy, food processing related equipment and agricultural services and other technology related services.
Lots of possibilities in agriculture field
CM Yogi said that India’s largest population resides in Uttar Pradesh. This is 17 percent i.e. 25 crores. The state has only 11 percent of the total cultivable land of the country, but our agricultural production is 20 percent of the total agricultural production of the country, which shows the strength of our excellent water resources and fertile land. There is still a lot of potential in this. At present, we can increase the production by three to four times with the help of digital agriculture and technology.
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Focused on these things
CM Yogi focused on reducing the cost of agriculture and using natural resources by using modern technology as well as reducing dependence on chemical fertilizers. He said that there is scope for a comprehensive change by making the farmers aware about it, making the seeds accessible to the market, making them available to the farmers and linking agriculture with entrepreneurship.
