LUCKNOW, Oct. 25 -- Under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's leadership, Uttar Pradesh is scripting a new chapter of industrial growth rooted in agriculture. The state is rapidly transforming into India's leading food processing hub.
A recent Global Trade Research report identifies Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat as the nation's "food processing powerhouses." While Gujarat has advanced dehydration plants in Mehsana and Banaskantha, Uttar Pradesh is building state-of-the-art processing facilities in Agra and Farrukhabad, ensuring double benefits for farmers through contract farming and robust cold storage networks.
Today, over 65,000 food processing units in the state employ around 2.55 lakh youth. The Yogi government aims to establish 1,000 new u...