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Odisha
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Madhya Pradesh
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Uttarakhand
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Haryana
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Detailed explanation-1: -Odisha bagged 9th Global Agriculture Leadership Award 2016 and Haryana has bagged ‘Best Horticulture State’ award for increasing the income of the farmers in horticulture at the National Level gathering of important stake-holders in agriculture development at the Agriculture Leadership Summit at New Delhi.
Detailed explanation-2: -In addition to this, the 2016 Best Agriculture State award was won by Odisha in recognition of the state’s efforts towards the development of agriculture and bringing rural prosperity.
Detailed explanation-3: -India’s arable land area of 159.7 million hectares (394.6 million acres) is the second largest in the world, after the United States. Its gross irrigated crop area of 82.6 million hectares (215.6 million acres) is the largest in the world.
Detailed explanation-4: -Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda gave away the Krishi Ratna awards to 15 farmers from across the State for achieving high yields in 11 selected crops, at a function organised by the Agriculture department at the Vidhana Soudha on Thursday.