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Maize cultivation acreage rises after govt surety
Hindustan Times East UP
|May 28, 2025
In the wake of a government ban on summer paddy cultivation due to declining groundwater levels, farmers in Udham Singh Nagar (US Nagar) district have turned to cultivating maize, raising the area under the crop's cultivation to 6,000 hectares this year from 400 hectares the year before, officials said.
RUDRAPUR: In the wake of a government ban on summer paddy cultivation due to declining groundwater levels, farmers in Udham Singh Nagar (US Nagar) district have turned to cultivating maize, raising the area under the crop's cultivation to 6,000 hectares this year from 400 hectares the year before, officials said.
The district administration has signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with three firms to provide a market for farmers to sell their maize and support the transition.
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