India, April 9 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said the State has significantly improved its agriculture growth rate over the past nine years as he credited sustained policy efforts and better resource utilisation.

Addressing the gathering after inaugurating the sixth Uttar Pradesh Agricultural Science Congress-2026 in Lucknow, Adityanath said the State's agriculture growth rate has increased from around eight per cent to 18 per cent during this period (in the past nine years).

Highlighting the State's importance in India's agrarian economy, he said Uttar Pradesh accounts for 16-17 per cent of the country's population and possesses about 11 per cent of its cultivable land, contributing nearly 21 per cent to ...