There are units manufacturing a variety of items like
pesticides, fertilizers, tyres and tubes, iron ore pellets,
foot wear, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, sugar, wheat products,
steel rolling, fruits and fish canning, cashew nuts, textiles,
brewery products etc. There are handicrafts units mainly
engaged in the manufacture of wood, crafts, brass, pottery,
handloom, leather and bamboo crafts etc.
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Agriculture
Agriculture is one of
the important economic activities in Goa. Goa has
done much to improve and develop its agriculture so
that it becomes more productive and the farmers who
work on the field get a better return for their labour.
Rice along with fish is the staple diet of the people
and it is also a principal agricultural crop. |
The important crops grown are paddy, ragi, maize, jowar,
bajra and pulses. Cash crops like coconut, cashew-nut, arecanut,
mango, jackfruit, banana, pineapple etc. are also grown
in abundance. Sugarcane cultivation has been taken up only
recently and a sugar factory has also been set up in Goa.
Cashew is an important crop in Goa. An exhilarating drink
called Feni is produced from cashew. It is a kind of gin
or vodka.
Animal Husbandry
The animal husbandry
and the veterinary services form an important sector
of rural economy. Cattle feed, milk products, meat
etc were imported on a large scale. There was one
cattle farm at Dhat in Goa district having an important
herd of Sindhi cows and a small poultry farm at Tonca,
Panaji. |
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A Piggery farm was also functioning at Curti in Ponda latuka
to produce qualitative pigs for their distribution to farmers
for breeding. Large white-York-shire and other improved
breeds of pigs were maintained at this farm.
Fishing formed an important economic activity of the Goa.
The Goa is abounded in rich marine and inland fisheries
potential which consisted mainly of prawns, one of the most
important foreign exchange earning commodity and commercially
important shoaling fish like mackerels and sardines.
