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Cold Storage Innovation Key to Preventing Crop Loss: Minister Dinesh Pratap Singh

Arijit Bose
cold storage, innovation, modernization, dinesh pratap singh, horticulture, agriculture marketing, food processing, up government, cold chain, potato storage, fruit storage, vegetable storage, subsidy, energy efficiency, sankalp initiative, aeee, greenhouse gas, food loss, sustainable agriculture, farmers, storage infrastructure, food supply chain, uttar pradesh, horticulture department, fairfield lucknow, cold storage subsidy, multi-product storage, climate-resilient storage, agri-export, agricultural trade, dinesh pratap singh

Cold Storage Innovation Key to Preventing Crop Loss: Minister Dinesh Pratap Singh Lucknow  — To ensure that crops do not perish from the farm to the market, Uttar Pradesh’s Minister for Horticulture, Agricultural Marketing, Agricultural Foreign Trade and Export, Dinesh Pratap Singh, emphasized the critical role of cold storage infrastructure. Speaking at a workshop titled “Empowerment and Modernization of Cold Storage” at Fairfield by Marriott, Lucknow, the minister inaugurated the event, underscoring the urgent need for innovation and modernization in traditional cold storage systems. Currently, Uttar Pradesh has around 2,300…

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Wheat procurement in full swing, crosses last year’s  figure

Arijit Bose
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, Wheat Procurement, Procurement of Wheat during RMS 2024-25, farmers, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh

New Delhi: Procurement of Wheat during RMS 2024-25 is going on smoothly in the major procuring States across the country. 262.48 LMT of wheat has already been procured so far this year in Central Pool surpassing last year’s total procurement of 262.02 LMT. A total of 22.31 lakh farmers have been benefitted during RMS 2024-25 with total MSP outflow to the tune of Rs. 59,715 crores. Major contribution in the procurement came from five procuring states Viz. Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh with procurement of 124.26 LMT, 71.49 LMT, 47.78…

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