Agro-climatic Zones and GI Products

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Agro-climatic Zones and GI Products

The 15 agro-climatic zones plus GI farm products from Basmati to Mithila makhana.

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Zone 1 · Western Himalaya · Jammu & Kashmir — Agro-climatic zone 1. J&K, Ladakh, Himachal, Uttarakhand hills
Zone 2 · Eastern Himalaya · Arunachal Pradesh — Agro-climatic zone 2. Sikkim, Darjeeling hills and the North-East
Zone 3 · Lower Gangetic Plain · West Bengal — Agro-climatic zone 3. West Bengal plains — hot, humid all year
Zone 4 · Middle Gangetic Plain · Bihar — Agro-climatic zone 4. Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh
Zone 5 · Upper Gangetic Plain · Uttar Pradesh — Agro-climatic zone 5. Central and western Uttar Pradesh (and Uttarakhand Terai)
Zone 6 · Trans-Gangetic Plain · Punjab — Agro-climatic zone 6. Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Ganganagar (Rajasthan)
Zone 7 · Eastern Plateau & Hills · Jharkhand — Agro-climatic zone 7. Chota Nagpur, Chhattisgarh, hill Odisha, Purulia
Zone 8 · Central Plateau & Hills · Madhya Pradesh — Agro-climatic zone 8. Bundelkhand, most of MP, eastern Rajasthan
Zone 9 · Western Plateau & Hills · Maharashtra — Agro-climatic zone 9. Deccan Maharashtra and western MP (Malwa)
Zone 10 · Southern Plateau & Hills · Karnataka — Agro-climatic zone 10. Interior Karnataka, Telangana, Rayalaseema, interior TN
Zone 11 · East Coast Plains & Hills · Andhra Pradesh — Agro-climatic zone 11. Coastal Odisha, AP and Tamil Nadu (Mahanadi to Cauvery deltas)
Zone 12 · West Coast Plains & Ghats · Kerala — Agro-climatic zone 12. Kerala, coastal Karnataka, Goa, Konkan
Zone 13 · Gujarat Plains & Hills · Gujarat — Agro-climatic zone 13. Gujarat — arid north, cotton centre (UPSC 2011)
Zone 14 · Western Dry Region · Rajasthan — Agro-climatic zone 14. Rajasthan west of the Aravalli (Thar)
Zone 15 · Islands · Andaman & Nicobar — Agro-climatic zone 15. Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep
Basmati rice · Punjab — GI · 7 states of the Indo-Gangetic plain. GI covers Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, HP, Uttarakhand, western UP and parts of J&K — MP was left out
Kalanamak rice · Uttar Pradesh — GI · Siddharthnagar. Black-husk aromatic rice of the Terai, Siddharthnagar — linked to the Buddha
Gobindobhog rice · West Bengal — GI · Bardhaman. Short-grain aromatic rice of Bardhaman, West Bengal
Joha rice · Assam — GI · Assam. Aromatic winter rice of Assam
Pokkali rice · Kerala — GI · saline coast. Salt-tolerant rice of Kerala’s coastal fields — rice one season, prawns the next
Navara rice · Kerala — GI · medicinal. Medicinal rice used in Ayurveda (Palakkad, Kerala)
Alphonso mango (Hapus) · Maharashtra — GI · Ratnagiri. Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg and nearby Konkan — on laterite soil
Nagpur orange · Maharashtra — GI · Vidarbha. Mandarin of Vidarbha — Nagpur is the “Orange City”
Dahanu Gholvad chikoo · Maharashtra — GI · Palghar. Sapota of Dahanu–Gholvad (Palghar) — calcium-rich coastal soil
Shahi litchi of Muzaffarpur · Bihar — GI · Muzaffarpur. Muzaffarpur, Bihar — India’s litchi capital; Bihar leads litchi
Mithila makhana · Bihar — GI · fox nut. Fox nut from ponds of Mithila — Bihar gives about 90% of India’s makhana
Banaganapalle mango · Andhra Pradesh — GI · Kurnool. Large yellow table mango of Banaganapalle (Nandyal–Kurnool)
Naga mircha (king chilli) · Nagaland — GI · among the hottest chillies. Naga king chilli — among the world’s hottest (Bhut jolokia family)
Kandhamal haldi · Odisha — GI · tribal organic turmeric. Tribal, organically grown turmeric of Kandhamal, Odisha
Tirur betel leaf · Kerala — GI · Malappuram. Betel leaf of Tirur, Malappuram — medicinal use

Asked in exams

UPPCSWhat is “jhoom”? → a method of farming
UPSC 1979“Jhum cultivation” is connected with → hilly people
UPSC 2011Lower Gangetic plain, humid and hot all year → paddy and jute
UPSC 2011Arid north, cotton centre, cash crops over food crops → Gujarat

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