Indo-Israel Center for Excellence in Uttar Pradesh to Boost Horticulture and Food Processing Industry

To help farmers get quality seedlings for fruits & vegetables, the Indo-Israel center for excellence has been established in Basti & Kannauj . To boost the horticulture and food processing industry in UP the excellence centres & mini excellence centres/hi-tech nurseries will be set up in all the 75 districts within five years. Centres of excellence are under construction in Chandauli, Kaushambi, Saharanpur, Lucknow, Khushinagar, and Hapur. The govt has set up hi-tech nurseries at Bahraich, Ambedkar Nagar, Mau, Fatehpur, Aligarh Rampur & Hapur.

UP’s CM, Yogi Adityanath focuses to increase the area to grow horticultural crops from 11.6% to 16% and food processing units from 6% to 20% to increase the yield and processing of fruits, vegetables and spices.

The Government seeks to grow quality saplings and seeds at the excellence centres as well as hi-tech nurseries to increase the production of quality crops. The objective behind the government’s move is also to provide sufficient crops for the increasing number of food processing industries.
At the excellence centres, the Government plans to develop quality saplings and seeds. The objective is to provide sufficient to the rising number of food handling businesses. In the last five years, there is an increase of 0.7% in the production of fruits and vegetables.

There is also a promotion of protected farming through Indo-Israel technology to grow off-season vegetables. 177 hectares of poly houses/shednets have been expanded to increase the yield, helping 5,549 farmers.