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UP Polls: Farmers Most Deprived of MSP in Double Engine State -Subodh Varma

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Just 15% of wheat and 32% of rice was procured by the government at MSP rates. The rest was sold below MSP to traders.

Uttar Pradesh (UP) produced 58.32 million tonnes of food grains in 2020-21, the highest among all states. It was nearly 19% or one-fifth of the country's production. Foodgrains include wheat and rice, the two major crops, and various coarse cereals and pulses. UP was the country’s leading wheat producer, ahead of Madhya Pradesh and Punjab, and it is the second-largest rice producer after West Bengal, but ahead of Punjab. The current year is likely to see a similar output.

UP had a mind-boggling 23.8 million (2.38 crore) operational holdings of agricultural land according to the last Agricultural Census in 2015-16. Of these 92% holdings were in the small and marginal range, that is, up to 2 hectares only. This proportion is higher than the countrywide average of about 86%. Also, the average size of land holdings in UP is 0.73 hectares, less than the all India average of 1.08 hectares.

In short, UP is a state dominated by small and marginal farmers, with less than average landholdings. Yet it leads the country in food grain production because of the sheer scale of numbers. So, it is but natural that farmers and their economic condition will play a key role in the coming seven-phase Assembly elections, slated to start from 10 February.

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