Chhattisgarh Agriculture

Bastar plateau, Chhattisgarh plains and Northern hills are the prime geographical landmarks that have been marked as the productive areas of Chhattisgarh Agriculture. In the year 2002, out of the entire land area of 13787000 hectares, the net irrigated region of Chhattisgarh was around 10, 72, 000 hectares. This indicates the extensive contribution of agriculture towards the economy of Chhattisgarh.

Except from a total of 10, 13, 000 hectares which has been recognized as unsuitable for farming, the remaining lands of the state are extremely fertile and gives a high production of crops round the year. Maize, rice, paddy, jowar, groundnut, gram, oilseeds and wheat are the chief crops of Chhattisgarh that gives a high yield in the respective cropping season.

Engineering equipments play a vital role in enhancing the agricultural production. Chhattisgarh has a well-equipped agricultural engineering department which specializes in different types of advanced tools and machineries that are used by the farmers of the place to increase the overall grain production.

Horticulture is a significant extension of agriculture industry in the state of Chhattisgarh. Medicinal herbs, flowers and aromatic plants form the key component of horticulture in the state. Farmers migrating from other adjacent states and villages are primarily absorbed by the horticulture industry of Chhattisgarh. This in turn leads to better economic prospects of the specific sector.

The government of Chhattisgarh offers co-operatives to the farmers of the state to enable them to buy best quality seeds and agricultural tools. Also, from time to time, the state and district level co-operatives provide loan facilities to the under-privileged peasants.

Chhattisgarh agriculture, with each passing day, is gaining a new momentum which will help it to forward its steps towards a economically viable phase.