Research priority setting for agricultural commodities by districts of Saurashtra region

This paper describes priority setting for crop research across districts in Saurashtra region of Gujarat. We used secondary data on experimental station yields; demonstration trial yields; district wise estimated area, production, yields, and prices of agricultural, horticultural, vegetables, and spices crops, population census, animal census, animal products etc. for the period from 2015-16 to 2020-21 from the various published sources and University Research Stations. The multi-criteria scoring model was used for priority setting. The final base line constructed taking extensity and intensity dimensions of efficiency, equity, sustainability and foreign trade indicated the highest priority to Bhavnagar district, followed by Surendranagar, Rajkot, Amreli, Jamnagar and Junagadh.