The Gujarat APMC Act, 1963 was amended in 2007.

The key features of Gujarat

Agricultural Produce Markets (Amendment) Act, 2007 include provisions for
setting up private mandis, direct procurement/sale from farmers fields, contract
farming, setting up and promoting agricultural marketing extension units etc.

Mandies: There are 194 Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) market
yards and sub-market yards in the state.

Status of Logistics and Warehousing Facilities in the State:: As on June 2013,

Gujarat State Warehousing Corporation (GSWC) was operating 207 warehouses
across 45 centres with a total storage capacity of 1.23 lakh MT. Central
Warehousing Corporation (CWC) has a current storage capacity of approximately
7.18 lakh MT in the state. The total effective storage capacity under FCI (owned
and hired) in Gujarat as in February 2013 was 8.29 lakh MT- out of this 2.07 lakh
MT was hired from CWC and 0.17 lakh MT from State Government.

Cold Storages:The state has approximately 400 cold storages with a total
capacity of approximately 12.70 Lakh MT

Agriculture Projects & Initiatives

Agro Business Destination

Sardar Sarovar Project on Narmada
Krushi Mahotsav
Soil Health Card
Horticulture

Water Harvesting
Drip Irrigation
Water Shed Development
Animal husbandry
Village Pond, Check Dam, Boribandh dams (sand bag dams)
Guidance by APMC (Agricultural Product Marketing Committee)
Awakening the farmers
Agri Equipment Demonstration
Environmental Awareness
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Leading as Second in Green Revolution Gujarat has achieved Agricultural Growth table at
9.6% and have carved a niche in the field of Agricultural Development in India. As of 2009,
Gujarats agriculture growth rate has been three times more than the national growth rate.
The department is confident to change the lives of farmers with its Agriculture Policies and the
unique Initiative of the Krushi Mahotsav in the State. In 2001, the State was on verge of less
water resources but today, it stand as Worlds biggest water resource Narmada Canal. Where
the dust took to wind storm, there are green fields and where the farmers tilled the land with 1-2
crops, they have sort for 3-4 crops. Continuous hard work of seven years and planned efforts of
the Government have resulted in Green Revolution taking shape in Gujarat.
Gujarat Agro vision 2010 envisages improving the quality of life of the rural population, including
those who are resource poor, by widening their employment opportunities and increasing their
income. 63% of the population of Gujarat lives in rural areas and depends for its livelihood on
agriculture and the rural non-farm sector that is interlinked with agriculture. The Government is
sensitive to the role of Agriculture in Economic development with a vision.

Greater wealth creation for farmers and farm

labourers
Offer a sustainable increase in productivity
Ensures Food Security
Offer higher value addition to agricultural produce and exports
Conservation of Water resources through micro irrigation

The vision seeks to accelerate demand driven agricultural and agro industrial growth in the new

globalized agricultural environment. The goal for Gujarat agriculture is to become a world-class
producer and supplier in the crops where it enjoys competitive advantage.

The government envisages Agriculture promotion through focused agricultural research, and
application of biotechnology, information technology and ecotechnology. Conservation of soil,
water and biodiversity is the prime concerns to be environmentally sustainable. As a result, a
separate Department for Climate Change is set up as a major challenge to Humanity.
Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation (GAIC), which promotes agricultural activities at the ground
level and fosters the development of agro industries in the state, is a manifest example of the

forward-looking policies of the state.

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Connecting 7 Districts on 8 Mbps and 18 Districts on 4 Mbps to State Center at

Gandhinagar using leased circuits provided by BSNL, Reliance and Tata Tele Services.
WTO Cell is being established to increase export-related competency of major
agricultural commodities.
Credit, Insurance and Financial support is being extended to farmers.
Cattle breeding have been encouraged and efforts are being made to produce good
quality wool from sheep.
Agriculture Knowledge Universities
Agriculture university
Anand Agriculture university,
Navsari Agriculture university,
Dantivada agriculture university
Junagadh Agriculture university

In Gujarat, more than half its total area consist of soil.

The high lands of Saurashtra, Narmada and Low lying area of Tapi, Black soil region
between Vadodara and Bharuch (Kanam Pradesh), Olpad, Choryasi, Bardoli and
Valsad are known as Black Cotton soil as the color of the soil is black.
In the region of scanty rainfall as Banaskantha, parts of Mehsana, parts of
Sabarkantha and major parts of Kutch have sandy soil.
The regions around Dholka (Bhal Pradesh), Ged Pradesh, Bhavnagar, Ahmedabad,
Kheda, Mehsana, Banaskantha and many regions of the coastal areas as have
alluvial soil.
In the mountainous forest regions, red soil is found.

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