94 percent of the population lives in the rural belt making agriculture the main occupation of the people of Arunachal Pradesh. The principal crop of this area is rice, and other important crops include maize, millets, wheat, pulses, potato, sugarcane and oilseeds. The ecological conditions are suitable for horticulture and fruits like pineapple, orange, lemon, papaya, plum, pear, guava, cherries, walnut and peach thrive here.

The Government of Arunachal Pradesh formulated the Agricultural Policy 2001 with the need for achieving higher economic growth and creating job opportunities for the rural unemployed through Agriculture and allied sectors. Following were the principal objectives;

Undulating topography and varied agro-climatic conditions offer vast potential for the development of Horticulture for growing varieties of tropical, sub-tropical and temperate fruits, vegetable including off season vegetables), spices, aromatic and medicinal plants flowers and mushroom. In order to promote horticulture there are various centrally sponsored schemes;