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Agriculture

The district is poor in agriculture as it mostly depends upon rain and wells in Nagarparkar. The soil in Parkar is chiefly of the Dasar variety and yield good types of jowar and bajra (pennisetum typhoideum). A small portion.of the Nagarparkar taluka is not desert but consist of hills and the flat country surrounding them on which cultivation is carried on by confining, rain-water with bunds. Cotton (gossypium genus). wheat (tritcum sativum). and other garden products are produced in it.

The table showing area and production of major crops during 1997-98 is given below

AREA, PRODUCTION AND AERAGE YIELD OF CROPS IN 1997-98

Most of the land is arid and therefore the area is entirely dependent on rainfall. Jowar and bajra are the main crops grown on raitt water, and in desert areas where there are nocanals the rain bring moisture to the land. There are seven barrage dehs in the district which are irrigated by Mithrao canal.

Horticulture

Some vegetables and water-melon (citrullus vulgaris) are produced in the district. For the year 1997-98, the production was as follows:

AREA, PRODUCTION AND A VERAGE YIELD OF FRUITS, 1997-98

Forestry

The district has no riverain and other type of forest exeept of Range Land Forest of 230,324 acres.

Livestock

The valley of Nagarparkar is richer in vegetable growth which support a large variety of live stock such as chattels, camels, goats and sheep.

The table shows the number of livestock in the district is as follows:

LIVESTOCK POPULATION IN THARPARKAR DISTRICT- 1996