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Groundnut |
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| Production (2004-05) |
1,81,200 M.T. |
| Major Growing Districts |
Jamnagar, Junagadh, Amreli and Bhavnagar. |
| Uses |
For extraction of edible oil and de-oiled cake for as animal feed. Hand Picked (H.P.S) groundnuts Opportunities : peanut |
| Opportunity for value addition |
Peanut butter , defatted groundnuts, blanched groundnuts, roasted and salted groundnuts, coated groundnuts, etc. |
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Sesame |
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| Production (2004-05) |
1,17,100 M. T. |
| Major Growing Districts |
Surendranagar, Bhavnagar, Rajkot, Amreli, Jamnagar and Kutch |
| Uses |
For edible oil and use of its de-oiled cake in animal feeds, it is also used for making savouries and in recipes of many Indian dishes. |
| Opportunity for value addition |
For setting up of modern de-hulling units in Gujarat. |
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Castor |
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| Production (2004-05) |
5,64,800 M. T. |
| Major Growing Districts |
It is mainly produced in North Gujarat in the districts of Banaskantha, Mehsana and Sabarkantha, other producing districts are Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Kutch and Jamnagar. |
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At present is in the form of castor oil and first and second generation derivatives. The potential areas of investments are for manufacture of castor oil derivatives of higher generations. |
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