Rice farming in the Uttar Pradesh is most vulnerable and risk prone due to complex ecological situations marked by frequent flood or drought or both. The area production & productivity during last 10 years is given in table-1. It is clear that yield is stagnating around ≤ 2.0 t q/ha since 2001-2002 except in the year 2002-2003, 2004-2005 and 2009-2010 due to erratic rainfall distribution causes excesss water stagnation/ drought or both in different years.

Rice is grown in all the 72 districts of Uttar Pradesh with low to high acreage. It is part of the nearly every meal and it is grown on a majority of the rural farms. Uttar Pradesh is the leading producer of rice and rank 3rd in the country. Annual rice production is around 12 metric ton in state. Rice is cultivated mainly in Kharif season (wet season) in around 5.90 million hectare followed by zaid (summer season) 35000-40000 hectare only. As regards the boro rice, it is grown in only deeply flooded areas around 3000 ha or so mainly in the eastern districts of the Uttar Pradesh. The average productivity of the state is around 2 t/ha.

Source : http://www.rkmp.co.in/

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