Food and Agro Out of the total geographical area of 196 lakh hectares in Gujarat, total cropped area is aroung128 lakh hectares (65%). Wheat, Bajra, Rice, Maize, Groundnut, Mustard, Sesame, Pigeon pea, Green Gram, Gram, Cotton, Sugarcane are the major crops Gujarat has highest productivity in custard, castor, guava, potato, onion, cumin, fennel and cotton, second highest productivity in groundnut and bajra, third highest productivity in gram, guar, banana and isabgul in the country. Predominance of non-food, high value crops i.e. cotton, castor, tobacco, onion, potato, isabgul, cumin, fennel, mango groundnut, banana Gujarat has the third highest productivity in banana in the country Large quantities (more than 2000 MT) of Marigold is produced in the districts of Baroda, Gandhinagar, Navsari, Bharuch, Kheda, Anand, Ahmedabad, S urat and Valsad The production of total foodgrains during the year 2008-09 is estimated at 63.45 lakh tonne against the all India production of2339 lakh tonne in 2008-09. Government Initiatives Central initiatives Schemes for Agri Infrastructure like Mega Food Parks, Cold Chains, modernization of Abattoirs Scheme for technology upgradation and establishment and modernization of food processing industries.
