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supply from the River Ganges (i.e., the longest river in India and the second greatest river in the worldby water discharge – providing livelihoods for 400 million people) with headwaters from snowmeltfrom the mountain peaks of the Himalayas (i.e., mountains that form the northern boundary of India).In the mint belt, the temperature can be as high as 40 degrees Celsius. Before the introduction of mintinto UP, there was a lull period with no planting activity and the opportunity cost is literally “zero” tothe farmers.The slide provides a more detailed mapof eastern UP with widespread mintplantation in 8 districts. These are themain growing districts, namely Sitapur,Bahraich, Barabanki (which has thehighest volume of mint output), Gonda,Rae Bareilly, Sultanpur, Faizabad andAmbedkar Nagar.Main Cornmint Area –Uttar PradeshEastMain Cornmint Area –Uttar Pradesh (West)This slide shows a detailed map ofwestern UP with widespread mintplanting in 6 main growing districts ofJyotiba Phule Nager, Moradabad(Sambhal and Chandausi), Rampur,Budaun, Bareilly and Jalaun. Thetraditional mint growing areas areRampur and Bareilly.12