Gujarat Agriculture

Gujarat is one of the most prosperous states of India owing to its development in agricultural productivity and industrialization. Agriculture forms a major part of the state’s economy. It not only provides food grains to the people but also provides raw materials for agro-based industries. Unfavourable climatic conditions and soil factors in some areas are major concerns for better yield.

The various cash crops grown in the state include groundnut, cotton, tobacco (second highest production in the country), isabgul, cumin sugarcane, jawar, bajra, rice, wheat, pulses, tur and gram. Recently the farmers of Gujarat have started producing bananas and mangoes in large scale.

Other products include honey, wax and bamboo which are produced in fair quantities in different forests. The state also produces medicinal herbs and fruits like jamun and guava. Forests also yield considerable quantities of teak, khair, sadad, hadariyo, manual bamboos and other good quality of wood.

Baroda, Surat, Broach, and Kaira are some of the places that contribute to the agricultural production.The rural economy of Gujarat depends a lot upon animal husbandry and dairying. Gujarat produced 6.09 million tones of milk and 385 million eggs in the year 2002-03.