ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses reality check on the much-believed miracle growth in Gujarat's agricultural production by looking at the gross value of the outputs from agriculture over a reasonably long period of time. It examines the trends in cropped area, yield and total production. The chapter shows the factors that have actually changed the agriculture growth scenario in the state. In order to identify this, the factors that have the potential to be the drivers of agricultural output growth in the region are identified, on the grounds of the physical, socio-economic, environmental, and institutional and policy contexts. In other words, an assessment of the real constraints to agriculture growth is made. Five major agricultural products, which have contributed to the growth, are: milk, cotton, horticultural crops, groundnut and sugarcane. In spite of the constraints induced by poor water endowment, Gujarat had achieved significant strides in agriculture through modernization, diversification, good infrastructure for production and marketing.
