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Agro climatic zones in India

  • December 5, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Agro climatic zones in India

Subject – Geography

Context – Punjab’s six agro-climatic zones might hold key to its diversification conundrum

Concept –

What is Agro climatic zone?

  • An “Agro-climatic zone” is a land unit in terms of major climates, suitable for a certain range of crops and cultivars.
  • The planning aims at scientific management of regional resources to meet the food, fiber, fodder and fuel wood without adversely affecting the status of natural resources and environment.
  • Agro-climatic conditions mainly refer to soil types, rainfall, temperature and water availability which influence the type of vegetations.

Agro-climatic regions by the erstwhile Planning Commission

  • The Planning Commission, as a result of the mid-term appraisal of the planning targets of the Seventh Plan, has divided the country into fifteen broad agro-climatic zones based on physiography, soils, geological formation, Climate, cropping patterns, and development of irrigation and mineral resources for broad agricultural planning and developing future strategies.

  • Zone 1 – Western Himalayan Region: Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh
  • Zone 2 – Eastern Himalayan Region: Assam, Sikkim, West Bengal and all North-Eastern states
  • Zone 3 – Lower Gangetic Plains Region: West Bengal
  • Zone 4 – Middle Gangetic Plains Region: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar
  • Zone 5 – Upper Gangetic Plains Region: Uttar Pradesh
  • Zone 6 – Trans-Gangetic Plains Region: Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan
  • Zone 7 – Eastern Plateau and Hills Region: Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal
  • Zone 8 – Central Plateau and Hills Region: MP, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
  • Zone 9 – Western Plateau and Hills Region: Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
  • Zone 10 – Southern Plateau and Hills Region: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  • Zone 11 – East Coast Plains and Hills Region: Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry
  • Zone 12 – West Coast Plains and Ghat Region: Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  • Zone 13 – Gujarat Plains and Hills Region: Gujarat
  • Zone 14 – Western Dry Region: Rajasthan
  • Zone 15 – The Islands Region: Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep
Agro climatic zones in India Geography

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