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| Gujarat - Strong Agriculture Base |
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Gujarat is endowed with abundant natural resources in terms of varied soil, climatic conditions and diversified cropping pattern suitable for agriculture activities |
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The State’s agriculture sector is growing cumulatively at the rate of approx. 11% |
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Major Agriculture crops : Bajra, Groundnut, Cotton, Rice, Maize, Wheat, Mustard, Sesame, Pigeon pea, Green gram, Gram, and Sugarcane |
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Major Horticulture crops : Mango, Banana, Sapota, Lime, Guava, Tomato, Potato, Onion, Cumin, Garlic, Isabgul and Fennel |
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Global GAAP certifications accredited to Mango, Onion, Potato, and Pomegranate |
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Strong agriculture marketing network with available APMCs, Market yards and Cold storage units |
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Largest producer of Castor and Cumin in the world |
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2nd largest producer of Sesame and Groundnut in India |
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Largest producer of cotton in India |
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Largest processor of Isabgul in the world |
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Founder of co operative sector in Dairy development – AMUL |
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Highest milk processing capacity within the country |
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Highest marine production (22.35% share) and exports within the country |
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Major Crops |
Rice, Wheat, Maize, Oilseeds, Cotton, Fruits, Vegetables and Spices |
Working Factories (As on March 2003) |
1979 working factories in the State accounting for 9.68% of the registered factories |
Vast Network of Market centers & Yards |
APMCs, Cold storage units, Main Yards, 3 Agri export zones, Agri commodity exchange |
Processing units |
Oil seed processing units
Fruits & Vegetable processing units
Fish processing units
Milk processing units including co operative sector dairies and private sector dairies
There are around total 16,400 food processing units in the State |
Major players in food processing industry |
Parle, Vadilal, Rasna, Reliance Fresh, Adani, Godrej Agrovet, Vimal and Amul |
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