Uttar Pradesh: Agriculture startups can help increase farmers income, insist experts

UP produces 20% of Indias foodgrains. It is number one in wheat, number two in paddy and ranks fourth in pulses production. It also accounts for 36% of sugarcane, 34% potato and 30% vegetables grown in the country. But when it comes to number of Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture startups, the state needs to devise a proper policy framework.

On the sidelights of these facts that came to fore on the closing day of and UP government conclave on putting UP on the path of sustainable and equitable Growth, stakeholders in the sector deliberated on the need to enhance the knowledge of farmers through effective policy changes and interactions so that they open up to ideas that reduce input cost, increase return of Money invested and simplifies their work.