Banaskantha district brings to mind potatoes - lots of them - thanks to Deesa, the unofficial potato capital of Gujarat. Farmers of the district started producing potatoes in large quantities about a decade back, thanks to McDonald's demand for `factory grade' variety of the tuber. But pomegranates are fast catching up and business in the fruit is believed to have crossed the Rs 100-crore mark. Banaskantha pomegranates are...
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