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 | | Bhanvagar district is expecting more than 50,000 metric tonnes production of lemons this season from cultivated area of 5,000 hectors mainly within villages falling in 5 taluka destinations of Bhavnagar District, P D Rathod, deputy director horticulture, Bhavnagar, said. |
 | | Apart from Bhavnagar, lemons are also cultivated in Surendranagar and Rajkot district in Saurashtra-Kutch region, where cultivation was registered across 800 and 245 hectors with production of 10,000 mt and 1,506 mt, respectively, in the financial year 2003-2004, an official from Horticulture department of Surendranagar and Rajkot District Agriculture office sad. |
 | | Apart from demand propping in domestic circuit for lemons cultivated in Bhavnagar district, these lemons are exported mainly to the Gulf, Middle East and African countries, as the pulp of the lemons cultivated here is comparatively more nutritious and has better citrus taste, than the lemons cultivated in other parts of the country, Ajmera added. |
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