During the Kharif Marketing Year 2025–26, farmers in Uttar Pradesh showed a strong preference for selling their crops under the government’s ‘Shri Anna’ procurement program rather than through open markets.Key Highlights:
- Procurement completed successfully:
- Millet: 2.13 lakh metric tonnes from 54,253 farmers
- Sorghum: 43,562 metric tonnes from 13,454 farmers
- Maize: 12,208 metric tonnes from 3,445 farmers
- Payment to farmers:
- Millet: ₹598.04 crore
- Sorghum: ₹162 crore
- Maize: ₹31.96 crore
- Minimum Support Prices (MSP):
- Sorghum (Maldandi): ₹3,749/quintal
- Sorghum (Hybrid): ₹3,699/quintal
- Millet: ₹2,775/quintal
- Maize: ₹2,400/quintal
- Participation:
- Total farmers registered: 90,513
- Procurement districts: Millet (33), Maize (25), Sorghum (11)
- Comparison with previous year (2024–25):
- Millet procurement doubled from 1.01 lakh metric tonnes
- Farmer payments nearly doubled from ₹268 crore
The government’s transparent and farmer-friendly policies have built trust, encouraging more farmers to sell directly to government procurement centers, ensuring timely payments and better prices.
- Major maize procurement districts: Budaun, Bulandshahr, Hardoi, Unnao, Mainpuri, Agra, Firozabad, Aligarh, Etah, Kasganj, Hathras, Kanpur Nagar-Dehat, Kannauj, Auraiya, Etawah, Bahraich, Gonda, Ballia, Jaunpur, Farrukhabad, Mirzapur, Sonbhadra, Deoria, Lalitpur.
- Millet and sorghum procurement was spread across multiple districts to cover a wide farmer base.
