farmers in the districts of Bulandshahar, Meerut, Aligarh, Agra and Badaun in Uttar Pradesh ( up ) are liter-ally sporting sunny smiles after switching over from the cultivation of vege-table pea to sunflower. With the assistance of scientists from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, they are now using a short-term, high-yielding variety of sunflower named