Agro-climate Zone

Agro-climatic zones of Odisha
Agro-climate Zone

  • Agro-climatic zone (ACZ) as a land unit represented accurately or precisely in terms of major climate and growing period, which is climatically suitable for certain range of crops and cultivars. In other words, it is an extension of the climate classification keeping in view the suitability to agriculture.
  • Odisha has been divided into 10 Agro-Climatic Zones based on the basis of soil structure, humidity, elevation, topography, vegetation, rainfall and other agro-climatic factors. The 10 different agro-climatic zones are (1) North western plateau (2) North central plateau (3) North eastern coastal plain (4) East and south eastern coastal plain (5) North eastern ghat (6) Eastern ghat high land (7) South eastern ghat (8) Western undulating zone (9) Western central table land (10) Mid central table land (OMEGA, 2014)