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Potato |
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| Production (2005-06) |
10,88,530 M.T. |
| Major Growing Districts |
Banaskantha, Kheda, Sabarkantha, Mehsana and Ahmedabad |
| Uses |
There is a huge global market for processed potato products such as potato powder, and granules, frozen potatoes, frozen French fries, etc |
| Opportunity for value addition |
In pre and post harvest also exist for seed potato Production (2002-03), improvement in varieties, better storage, irradiation facilities and value added products. |
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Onion |
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| Production (2005-06) |
18,76,602 M. T. |
| Major Growing Districts |
Bhavnagar, Junagadh, Rajkot and Jamnagar. |
| Uses |
Large quantities of onion are exported from Gujarat in the form of raw onion nd value added dehydrated onion for which a number of units exist in the state |
| Opportunity for value addition |
Required for improvement of varieties suitable for processing (higher solid content),better storage facilities, modern energy efficient dehydration units, and irradiation center for preventing spoilage. There is potential for making high value added products like micro-encapsulated onion power. |
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Garlic |
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| Production (2005-06) |
1,59,142 M.T. |
| Major Growing Districts |
Junagadh, Rajkot & Jamnagar |
| Uses |
a good export market in the form of dehydrated flakes and powder |
| Opportunity for value addition |
There is potential for setting up units for manufacturing value added products like micro-encapsulated garlic. |
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