Zone | Area | Total Area (million ha) | District Covered | Average Rainfall (mm) | Temp OC | Major Crops | Soils | Agriculture Research Station | Adaptive Trial Centres | ||
Max. | Min. | Kharif | Rabi | ||||||||
IA | Arid western plain | 4.74 | Barmer & part of Jodhpur | 200-370 | 40.0 | 8.0 | Pearlmillet Mothbean Sesame | Wheat, Mustard, Cumin | Desert soils and sand dunes aeolian soil, coarse sand in texture some places calcareous | Mandore, Jodhpur | Rampura |
IB | Irrigated north western plain | 2.10 | Sriganganagar, Hanumangarh | 100-350 | 42.0 | 4.7 | Cotton, Clusterbean | Wheat, Mustard, Gram | Alluvial deposites calcareous, high soluble salts & exchangeable sodium | Ganganagar | Shri Karanpur, Ganganagar & Hanumangarh |
IC | Hyper arid partial irrigated zone | 7.70 | Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Churu | 100-350 | 48.0 | 3.0 | Pearlmillet Mothbean Clusterbean | Wheat, Mustard, Gram | Desert soils and sand dunes aeolian soil, loamycoarse in texture & calcareous | Beechwal Bikaner | Loonkaran Bikaner |
IIA | Internal drainage dry zone | 3.69 | Nagaur, Sikar, Jhunjhunu, Part of Churu | 300-500 | 39.7 | 5.3 | Pearlmillet Clusterbean Pulses | Mustard, Gram | Sandy loam, sallow depth red soils in depressions | Fatehpur, Sikar | |
IIB | Transitional plain of Luni basin | 3.00 | Jalore, Pali, Part of Sirohi, Jodhpur | 300-500 | 38.0 | 4.9 | Pearlmillet Clusterbean sesame | Wheat, Mustard | Red desert soils in Jodhopur, Jalore & Pali sierzems in Pali & Sirohi | Keshwana, Jalore | Sumerpur, Pali |
IIIA | Semi arid eastern plains | 2.96 | Jaipur, Ajmer, Dausa, Tonk | 500-700 | 40.6 | 8.3 | Pearlmillet Clusterbean Sorghum | Wheat, Mustard, Gram | Sierozens, eastern part alluvial, west north west lithosols, foot hills, brown soils | Durgapura, Jaipur | Tabiji, Ajmer |
IIIB | Flood prone eastern plain | 2.77 | Alwar, Dholpur, Bharatpur, Karoli, S.Madhopur | 500-700 | 40.0 | 8.2 | Pearlmillet Clusterbean Groundnut | Wheat, Barley, Mustard, Gram | Alluvial prone to water logging, nature of recently alluvial calcareous has been observed | Navgaun, Alwar | Malikpur, Bharatpur |
IVA | Sub-humid southern plains | 3.36 | Bhilwara, Sirohi, Udaipur, Chittorgarh | 500-900 | 38.6 | 8.1 | Maize, Pulses, Sorghum | Wheat, Gram | Soil are lithosolsat foot hills & alluvials in plains | Udaipur | Chittorgarh |
IVB | Humid sothern plains | 1.72 | Dungarpur, Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh | 500-1100 | 39.0 | 7.2 | Maize, Paddy Sorghum Blackgram | Wheat, Gram | Predominantly reddish medium texture, well drained calcareous, shallow on hills, deep soils in valleys | ||
V | Humid south eastern plain | 2.70 | Kota, Jhalawar, Bundi, Baran | 650-1000 | 42.6 | 10.6 | Sorghum Soyabean | Wheat, Mustard | Black of alluvial origin, clay loam, groundwater salinity | Ummedganj, Kota | Chattarpura, Bundi |