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Millets & oilseeds to take up 17% rice belt in Uttar Pradesh.
Mar 23, 2023

The Yogi government is planning to replace around 17% of the area under paddy (rice) cultivation with millets and oilseeds in the coming years, a top official in the agriculture department said.
 
UP is the second largest producer of rice in the country (15 million MT) and has 60 lakh hectares of land under paddy cultivation across 70 districts.
 
The government plans to reduce this to 50 lakh hectares while getting the area reallocated for millets and oilseeds, a move that could mark a radical change in the cropping pattern, especially during the kharif season.
 
Officials said the change would be brought through concerted and extensive campaigns among farmers. Sources said the government was also planning to promote "exotic" varieties of rice which could have higher returns.
 
Data show that only seven districts (Bijnor, Kushinagar, Pilibhit, Chandauli, Baghpat, Varanasi and Ambedkarnagar) have high productivity (over 2500 kg/hectare). A total 55 districts have medium (2000-2500 kg/hectare) or medium-low productivity (1500-2000 kg/hectare). Five and three districts have low and very low productivity, respectively.Rice production has been registering downward fluctuation in the wake of lesser rainfall. Last year, rice production came down nationally from 111 million MT in 2021 to around 105 million MT in 2022. UP reported to have received 42% less rainfall last year and recorded acreage under rice going down by around 2.5 lakh hectares.
 
According to experts, the plan falls in line with the UP government's concerted efforts to promote millets which has been the focus of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. The year 2023 is being observed as the international year of millets. With 11 lakh hectares of land under millets, UP is the second largest producer of coarse grain too.
    
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