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honored agricultural scientists in inaugural session of Science Cong

Lucknow,

April 8 (HS): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Agriculture

Minister Surya Pratap Shahi on Wednesday inaugurated the three-day Agricultural

Science Congress-2026, organized by the Uttar Pradesh Agricultural Research

Council (UPCAR) at the Sugarcane Research Institute. On this occasion, the

Chief Minister honoured outstanding scientists selected under the Uttar Pradesh

Agricultural Scientist Honour Scheme (2025-26).

Addressing

the Agricultural Science Congress, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the

Agricultural Science Congress will become the foundation of a developed Uttar

Pradesh and a developed India. He said that technology is essential, but there

is a need to work on how to achieve higher production with lower costs and

fewer resources. Now, we need to move forward in the direction of turning the

farm into a laboratory. Challenges will always arise. We must develop

indigenous methods.

If

the food provider is happy then the country and society will be happy. The

Chief Minister said that if the food provider is prosperous, the country and

society will be prosperous. The government has made agriculture and farming a

part of its agenda. Sugarcane farmers had dues for 10 years. Sugar mills were

closing down, today Uttar Pradesh alone produces 55 percent of the country's

sugar. 122 sugar mills are running in the state. There is no delay in payment of

sugarcane price. Sugarcane production has increased.

Yogi

Adityanath said that before 2014, farmers were committing suicide and

migrating. They were harassed. Farmers were an election issue at that time.

There was distrust in farmers' minds. Today, farmers are not committing

suicide. Farmers' income has increased manifold. There are policies in place

for everything from seeds to the sale of produce. Farmers are receiving support

in every way.

The

Chief Minister said that as part of a conspiracy, the self-reliant village unit

was dismantled. Previously, farmers weren't limited to farming alone. They were

also artisans. Our farmers were producers and entrepreneurs. The invaders

attacked India's entrepreneurship along with agriculture. Farmers who were once

producers were given the right to produce only raw materials. As a result,

farmers became destitute.

Yogi

said that earlier there was no electricity, no water, and seeds and fertilizers

were not available on time. Farmers were in a bad state. Today, their situation

has improved. The government is providing Rs. 1,500 per month for the

maintenance of each cow. Cow shelters should be linked to natural farming. The

Anna system has ended in Bundelkhand.

Minister

of State for Agriculture Baldev Singh Aulakh, Chairman of Gau Seva Aayog Shyam

Bihari Gupta, Chairman of Upkar Captain (Retd.) Vikas Gupta, Director General

of ICRISAT Dr. Himanshu Pathak, Agriculture Production Commissioner Deepak

Kumar and Principal Secretary Agriculture Ravindra Kumar were present as

special guests in the inaugural session.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi