MOST IMPROVED JAMNAGAR

District Snapshot

Horticulture and micro-irrigation transformed farming in Jamnagar, which in the past mainly produced cotton and groundnut. Pomegranate and watermelon cultivation has grown by 50 per cent in the last

five years. About 0.379 million hectares of cultivable area in the district is under drip and sprinkler irrigation—a 10-fold jump since 2000. Cotton is grown on 0.17 million hectares and groundnut on 0.131 million hectares. All 0.15 million farmers in the district are covered under the soil health card scheme

RANKING

1 JAMNAGAR 2 JUNAGADH 3 BHAVNAGAR 4 RAJKOT 5 AMRELI