BEST PERFORMING KHEDA
District Snapshot
Kheda wins laurels in agriculture for three reasons: irrigation coverage
for 96 per cent of farmland, aided by the Kadana dam, which enables farmers to sow three crops a year; 58,000 hectares covered by tobacco cultivation; and modern technology, including a cold storage chain that helps potato growers. The return on tobacco is over Rs 80,000 per hectare as against Rs 40,000 on paddy. Farm labourers prefer working on tobacco farms as they get paid higher wages. Cold storage facilities have boosted potato cultivation by 20 per cent
RANKING
1 KHEDA 2 SURAT 3 BHAVNAGAR 4 SABARKANTHA 5 JUNAGADH