Lucknow, May 5 -- The Uttar Pradesh government in its second term has set a target to double the maize production with efforts being made to expand the cultivated area and enhance productivity per hectare, official sources said here on Monday.
Sources said that Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi recently addressed the state-level Kharif Seminar organised by the department in Lucknow, where he urged farmers to boost the production of key crops, including maize, toor and mustard.
Sources said that the government's sustained encouragement is already yielding positive results. "In the past eight years under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the production of pulses and oilseeds has doubled. "Farmers are also increasingly ...