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Part VII :
Agriculture
National Dairy Development Board
Dairying in MAHARASHTRA
A Statistical Profile
2015
Table VII.1.1: Maharashtra’s Agro-climatic Zones
South Kokan Coastal Zone/Very high
Rainfall zone With laterite soils
North Kokan Coastal Zone/Very high
rainfall zone with non-lateritic soils
Western Ghat Zone/Ghat Zone
Transition Zone – 1/Sub Montane
Zone
Transition Zone – 2/Western
Maharashtra Plain Zone
Scarcity Zone/Western
Maharashtra Scarcity Zone
Assured Rainfall Zone/Central
Maharashtra Plateau Zone
Moderate Rainfall Zone/Central
Vidarbha
Eastern Vidarbha Zone
Source: Department of Agriculture, Govt. of Maharashtra.
VII.1. Agro-Climatic Zones
Maharashtra’s – Agro-Climatic Zones