What is the agro climate zone?
as per FAO(food and agriculture organization), the agro climate zone is an area characterized by unique local climatic which is suitable for certain crops. Agro climate zone is divided for agriculture suitability and it will help the land use planning.
Based on the physiographic, soils, climate, cropping pattern, rainfall,m mineral, and irrigation availability, the planning commission of India divided India into 15 agro-climatic zones.
The following are:
Sr no
|
Zone Name
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States
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Major Crops
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1
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Western Himalayan region
|
J & K, Himachal Pradesh, and Hilly parts of Uttarakhand.
|
dry fruits such as almond, walnut, apple, orange, cherry, saffron, etc.
|
2
|
Eastern Himalayan region
|
North-Eastern states including Darjeeling district of West
Bengal
|
Tea, litchi, orange, pineapple, paddy.
|
3
|
Upper Gangetic plains
|
the southern part of Uttarakhand, the central and western part of
utter Pradesh.
|
wheat, rice, sugarcane
|
4
|
Middle Gangetic plains
|
eastern Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar
|
rice, maize, millets, gram, potatoes, wheat.
|
5
|
Lower Gangetic plain
|
Eastern Bihar, West Bengal, the lower part of Assam
|
rice, jute, maize
|
6
|
Trans Ganga plains region
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Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Northern parts of Rajasthan
|
wheat, sugarcane, rice, pulses
|
7
|
Gujrat plains and hills
|
fertile plains of Mahi and Sabarmati rive
|
Cotton, rice, groundnut
|
8
|
Western dry region
|
Rajasthan
|
course grain crops such as Jowar, Bajra, Gram, etc
|
9
|
Eastern plateau and hills
|
Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh
|
rice, millet, pulses, oilseed
|
10
|
Central plateaus and hills
|
Bundelkhand area of Madhya Pradesh & Utter
Pradesh, Males plateau of Rajasthan and Maharashtra, Vindhyachal hill
|
millets, cotton, oilseeds
|
11
|
Western plateau and hills
|
the southern part of Malwa plateau of Rajasthan and Deccan
plateau of Maharashtra
|
millets, cotton, sugarcane, grapes, bananas, wheat.
|
12
|
Southern plateau and hills.
|
southern Maharashtra, western Karnataka, Andra
Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
|
millets, cotton, groundnut, rice, oilseeds
|
13
|
Western coastal plain
|
Malabar plains of Kerala, Konkakan coastal area of Goa
& Karnataka
|
coconut, rice, sugarcane
|
14
|
eastern coastal plains and hills
|
the coastal plain of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh, and Coromandal the coast of Tamil Nadu.
|
Jute, tobacco, rice, jute
|
15
|
Island region
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep
|
Rice, Turmeric, maize.
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