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West Bengal comprising of six agro-climatic zones offer
extensive and diversified variety of environs for the
development of temperate, sub-tropical and tropical horticulture
produce and therefore have the capacity to cater the market with
various items round the seasons. Although horticultural
cultivation has been an age-old practice in West Bengal, the establishment of a Research Station on a small 25 acres of farm
at Krishnanagar, Nadia, during the year 1934, which now covers an area of around 198.09 acres, marked the beginning of
horticultural activities
 in the state. Horticulture thereafter
grew up gradually through research and development programmes
over the years. In agriculture, the state has achieved
significant growth in agriculture production over the past
decade (CAGR of 4.5% during 1996-2001). The state is now among
the country’s top-two producers in a wide variety of
agricultural produce and has attained self-sufficiency in most
key crops. This self-sufficiency has resulted in reasonable
amount of marketable surplus for most of the key crops. Natural
resources and bold government initiatives like comprehensive and
sustained land reform have helped the state to achieve such
strong growth in agriculture.
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