Viksit Krishi Abhiyan engages over 20 lakh progressive farmers
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Lucknow: The 15-day Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan-2025, aimed to establish dialogue with progressive farmers to boost agricultural productivity, concluded on Thursday.
The campaign, which started on May 29 in 75 UP districts, saw participation by public representatives, agricultural scientists and agriculture and allied department officials at 10,125 places.
In all, over 2,019,785 progressive farmers were contacted during the campaign.
In Baghpat, Delhi Lieutenant Governor BK Saxena and MP Rajkumar Sangwan received information about agricultural technology from scientists. Agriculture scientist Vikas Kumar said that along with sugarcane, farmers can also grow mustard which will double their income. Information was given about preventing the infestation of the sugarcane crop with insects.
Saxena planted saplings in the Krishi Vigyan Kendra.
Union minister of state for agriculture Ramnath Thakur visited Krishi Vigyan Kendra in Kallipur, Varanasi. He directed scientists and officials of the agriculture department to reduce the cost of farming and double the farmers' income. Thakur said that farmers should be informed about the latest technology by establishing direct communication with farmers.
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UP agriculture minister Surya Pratap Shahi interacted with farmers in Bhavaniapur Khevali under Ramsanehi Ghat tehsil of Barabanki and informed them about farmer-friendly schemes being run by the Central and state govt. He said that the state govt was providing subsidies on modern technologies like PM Kusum Yojana, IPM method, mulching and polyhouse.
Farmers were given information about Kharif crop production technology, DSR method, balanced use of fertilizers, nano urea, nano DAP, millets, natural farming, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, PM Kusum, NFSM scheme, agricultural mechanization, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, and production technology of all crops and all other schemes.
In Kannauj, information about new technology was given to farmers in 135 gram panchayats. District magistrate Ashutosh Mohan Agnihotri said that the aim of the campaign is to bring benefits from laboratory to field.
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