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Bhopal, Oct 26 (PTI) Madhya Pradesh has emerged as the country’s top tomato producer due to a surge in yield driven by state-backed incentive schemes, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has said.

Farmers have enthusiastically adopted cash crop production, which has boosted their incomes and supported household food requirements, as per a statement of the MP government.

“Madhya Pradesh is number 1 in tomato production in the country," Yadav said on Saturday.

Under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme, small-scale industries based on tomato cultivation are being encouraged on a large scale. The government is providing up to 50 per cent subsidy on tomato seeds, Yadav said.

“The subsidy is providing major support to farmers.

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