UP-PRAGATI Accelerator programs (UPPAP)

Current Conext : Recently, KisanKraft Limited has joined the Low Methane Rice project (LMRP) under UPPAP programmme to promote the Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) in Uttar Pradesh.

• LMRP is an initiative of World Bank 2030 Water Resource Group (WRG).
• The WRG is a multi-donor trust fund hosted by the World Bank Group.

ABOUT UPPAP

• Launched by Uttar Pradesh Multi-Stakeholder Platform and is supported by 2030 WRG.
• It is implemented by the support of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
• Objective : to enhance agricultural practices and boost incomes by promoting water-use efficiency and low-carbon methods.

ABOUT DIRECT SEEDED RICE (DSR)

• Direct seeding is a crop establishment system wherein rice seeds are sown directly into the field without use of water, as opposed to the traditional method of growing seedlings in a nursery and then transplanting into flooded fields.
• It is seen to be most productive, environmentally friendly and financially feasible rice production system.