Most of
covering 15 percent of the territory. groundwater areas, irrigation canals are the main source of domestic
To … Looks like you’ve clipped this slide to already. and at the beginning and end of summer, cropping intensity is exceptionally low. You can change your ad preferences anytime. Principles of agronomy deal with scientific facts in relations to environment in … The mean monthly rainfall is 95 mm in summer and 63 to 95 mm in
The climate is semi-arid to arid. (Balochistan province). units: The Indus basin,
Anisoptera, dragonflies, agro-ecological zones. 235 mm in summer and 116 mm in winter. The soils
in various agro-ecological zones in Pakistan during 1991-92. The soils are sandy, loam-clay and
Pakistan is situated between the latitudes of 24° and
The rainfall is
The 4 000 year old Indus civilization has its roots in
of Balochistan (in the west of the country), which is an endorheic basin
Owing to inadequate water availability in winter (storage capacity is too small)
The mean
Agro ecological zones of India Agronomy is derived from a Greek word agros’ meaning ‘field’ and ‘ nomos’ ‘meaning ‘management’. Pakistan is a land of high mountains, fertile river valleys, and inhospitable deserts. AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES AND
Wheat, millet and gram are the main
Rice, sugar
of the ancient systems. The basic criteria that decides the … The mean monthly rainfall is 25 to 75
areas of the flood plain are calcareous loamy and clayey. Pakistan, FIGURE 3Crop production regions (scale = 1:7 000
Sandy Desert (b) - sand ridges and dunes. Potwar Plateau. The main
AGRO-ECOLOGICAL zones have been identified in Punjab to formulate policies and strategies for a sustainable and diversified use of natural resources and investments to harness … Pakistan can be divided into three hydrological
The climate is semi-arid. the total rainfall occurs as heavy downpours in summer from July to September,
Good news for all aspirants! Ecological Regions Of Pakistan By Benjamin Elisha Sawe on July 30 2019 in Environment The Thar … The mean monthly rainfall is less than 15 mm. See our User Agreement and Privacy Policy. Over 50 percent of the village water supply
Maps of Ecological Zones of Pakistan Much more than … According to the usual Pakistani classification irrigation
About 70 percent of
the right bank. clays. between 300 and 350 mm. The soils are silty and sandy loam but the upper
AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES OF ETHIOPIA Natural Resources Management & Regulatory Department MoA Will, Support Of: German Agency For Technical Cooperation (GTZ) AGRO ECOLOGICAL ZONES; … Agro-Ecological zoning is the process of correlating the units of physiography, bioclimate, soilscapes and the length of growing period. Balochistan (Figure 3). The climate
The land is used for grazing. Epidemiology of tick-borne pathogens in the semi-arid and the arid agro-ecological zones of Punjab province, Pakistan Transbound Emerg Dis . freezing point. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. water. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. However, in some areas, development appears
See our Privacy Policy and User Agreement for details. The main irrigated crops are wheat, rice, sugar cane and cotton. infrastructure and cultural aspects. where water is available. is obtained through hand pumps installed by private households. Most of the land is used
TABLE 2Crop production regions in
domestic use and another 1.6 percent for industrial use). the whole of the provinces of Punjab, Sindh and NWFP as well as the eastern part
The agro-ecological zones… Cotton, wheat and
EduTap brings to you a free video series on Agriculture! An agro-ecological zone is the land unit carved out of agro-climatic zone superimposed on landform which acts as modifier to climate and length of growing period. Agro-ecological Zones of Pakistan Pakistan’s Agriculture • The total cultivable area is 34.54 million hectares (Mha) (39.3% of total land area), • Of this 23.38 Mha is under cultivation. We use your LinkedIn profile and activity data to personalize ads and to show you more relevant ads. on floods of the hill torrents. Sulaiman Piedmont - plains of the Sulaiman Range. also minor crops, vegetables and fruits. Those farmers who don’t own a smart phone, BKK will send all the required information Via SMS all information is timely and regional specific classified on Agro ecological zones of Pakistan. On part of the loamy soils wheat and fruit crops are
Agro ecological zones In Pakistan By Allah Dad Khan, PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tests of Significance: The Basics Concepts, No public clipboards found for this slide. 37° north and longitudes of 61° to 75° east, stretching over 1
Western Dry Mountains. Following the methodology of Heltberg and Osmolovskiy [ 4 ] the … Basically, the country has been divided into ten
cane, banana and pulses are the major crops. The study was conducted at ten experimental farms without use of pesticides in four agro-ecological zones of Punjab, Pakistan during two consecutive wheat growing seasons in 2010 and 2011 (). Irrigation relies
R ome, FAO. INTRODUCTION Pakistan is situated between the 32.0162degN, 71.6926degE stretching over 1600 Km North to South and 885 Km East to … The soils are silty clays and clay loams. °C and 20 °C in winter. About 4 million ha
Most urban and rural
winter. The canal irrigated crops are wheat, rice, sugar cane, oilseed and millets
Seven percent of the farms have over 20 ha but occupy 40
mm in winter and 10 to 20 mm in summer. are sandy and loamy fine sand. originating from the summer monsoons, and 30 percent in winter. grown. Most farms are mixed. According to a World Bank report, Pakistan does not have enough reservoir
the Arabian Sea covering 14 percent of the territory in its southwestern part
Specifically, the country can be divided into ten distinct agro-ecological zones (AEZs) (Annex 1). Total water withdrawal in 2001 was estimated at 166 km³,
AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES AND CROP PRODUCTION REGIONS Pakistan is situated between the latitudes of 24° and 37° north and longitudes of 61° to 75° east, stretching over 1 600 kilometres from … of Balochistan. A small area is under rainfed agriculture but most of it is under
and 45 to 55 mm in the south. The mean monthly summer rainfall is 18 mm in the north
steep slopes. The abandoned creeks of the meandering river, inundated
Pakistan's agro- ecological zones/regions of Pakistan are classified the basis of physiographic and … 35 to 50 mm in winter. the farmed area. The first controlled all-year irrigation began in 1859
Now customize the name of a clipboard to store your clips. The climate in the Southern part is semi-arid and hot. Northern Irrigated Plain (a) - Flood Plains and Bar Uplands. Sometimes, still broader definitions are applied to agro-ecological zones, to encompass several soil mapping units or climatic zones with similar, but not identical, properties. in the mountainous areas, are very hot with a maximum temperature of more than
Dry Western Plateau - mountainous areas. centre and south. 40 °C, while the minimum temperature in winter is a few degrees above the
So far 16 diseases on sunflower including 12 fungal, 2 bacterial, 1 viral and one nematode have been reported in Pakistan, among them charcoal … In saline
sugar cane are grown on the left bank of the Indus and rice, wheat and gram on
the east and 200 to 300 mm in the southwest. FIGURE 2Dominant soil map of Pakistan (Original
timber; keep cattle or buffaloes for milk, and own goat/sheep and chickens. The soils consist of silt loams to silty
and Mardan. is rainfed. Agroecological Belts of Ethiopia Explanatory notes on three maps at a scale of 1:1,000,000 Key Words: Agroecology, agroclimatology, belts, major zones, traditional altitudinal belts, GIS, digital elevation … patterns. covering more than 566 000 km² (or 71 percent of the territory), comprising
which 82 percent are in Punjab province; open wells: 0.2 million ha, of
6.38 million ha in 2001/02, of which 58 percent in the Punjab and 29 percent in
considered as the first modern hydraulic structure on the downstream Indus
used for grazing. The Sukkur barrage, completed in 1932, is
1) Agro-Ecological Zones of Pakistan a) Agro-Ecological Zones -NWFP b) Agro-Ecological Zones -PUNJAB c) Agro-Ecological Zones -SINDH d) Agro-Ecological Zones -BALOCHISTAN 2) Cropping Patterns - Pakistan … Melons, fruit crops, vegetables and wheat are grown
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister … crop production regions (CPRs), grouped according to their major cropping
agro-ecological zones of Pakistan. It has a subtropical and semi-arid
Sindh province; private canas: 0.43 million
000), CHAPTER 2. ha, of which 81 percent are in NWFP; tubewells: 3.45 million ha, of
The Agro-ecological Zones approach is a GIS-based modeling framework that combines land evaluation methods with socioeconomic and multiple-criteria analysis to evaluate spatial and … for grazing. However, over 95% of the potato production is concentrated … Rome, FAO. The farming systems depend on the land types, micro climate,
during the flood season, are supposed to have served as the irrigation channels
Farmers in the crop
to 500 to 900 mm in the sub-mountainous and northern plains. The climate
The climate is arid tropical marine. According to the Soil Survey of Pakistan (Mian and Javed,
Clipping is a handy way to collect important slides you want to go back to later. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Agro-ecological zones of Punjab, Pakistan – 2019. In the agro-ecological zones, small-scale subsistence farming is widely practiced in the highlands and livestock keeping in the lowlands. percent of the land (Table 1). is arid and hot. The ecoregions of Ethiopia are widely used for … The land is
agro-ecological zones based on physiography, climate, land use and water
abstraction for agriculture has been roughly estimated at 63 km³/year
The coastal belt receives a sea breeze. climate. They are composed of barren hills with
irrigated agriculture. daily temperature is between 34 °C and 40 °C in summer and between 19
The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of … • An area of … Planning of Agro climatic zones of … agro-ecological zones of the country have been described in Table 1 and 2. availability (Figure 1). capacity in its irrigation system to store seasonal waters. with the completion of the Upper Bari Doab Canal emanating from the Madhopur
total area of 796 095 square kilometres. availability of irrigation water, market access, population density, transport
The main crops are sugar cane, maize,
Livestock may provide a substantial proportion of the income. crops are wheat, millet, oilseed and pulses. of which 95.6 percent for agricultural purposes (4.4 percent is withdrawn for
The mean monthly rainfall is 20 to 30 mm. They have shade trees for fuel or
consists of: Government canals:
2 Introduction: India is bestowed with a lot of … which 55 percent are in Punjab province; canals and tubewells: 7.24
Barani (rainfed) Lands. The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion … Distribution of Ralstonia nolanacearum For recording incidence of bacterial wilt in Pakistan, an extensive survey of chili was … What is this series all about? Determining, Agro-Ecological Regions: How are agro-ecological regions (AERs) marked out and further sub-divided into agro-ecological sub-regions (AESRs). The mean monthly
The north has high mountains and valleys, while the Pothwar Plateau and the fertile Indus Plain lie … There are five in Punjab, three in Sindh, three in NWFP and four in
Agroecological zones An agroecological zone (AEZ) is a zone or region which has unique combination of physiographic, soil, hydrological and agroclimatic characteristics. through more than 500 000 tubewells. Summers, except
water is supplied from groundwater. geographical areas exhibiting similar climatic conditions that determine their ability to support rained agriculture The land is
headworks on the Ravi river. The maximum rainfall is 300 mm. production regions, whether small or large, produce not only the major crops but
PM Imran Khan directed to restructure agro-ecological zones in Pakistan in order to compile data pertaining to the potential for enhanced crop productivity. Box 1 gives definitions of terms related to agro-ecological The valley soils are deep and clayey. The mean monthly rainfall is 85 mm in summer and 30 to 45 mm in winter. The soils are sandy and loamy fine sand. Southern Irrigated Plain, the Lower Indus Plain. forest. to have reached the point where groundwater is being mined. Sandy Desert (a). The soils are clayey and silty. There are fifteen
In this section, a Climate Change Vulnerability Index is constructed for Pakistan and estimated for various agro-ecological zones of Pakistan. tobacco, wheat, berseem, sugar beet and orchards. The mean monthly rainfall is
is arid and subtropical. these farms are small (81 percent below five ha), accounting for 39 percent of
1993), 2.8 million hectares of irrigated land is affected by salinity ranging
Agro-ecological zones of Punjab, Pakistan – 2019. Agro-Ecological Zones of Pakistan Pakistan, situated between the latitudes of 24o and 37o North and longitudes of 61o to 75o East, stretching over 1600 kilometers north to south and 885 kilometers east … 2019 Jan;66(1):526-536. doi: 10.1111/tbed.13059. Agro-ecological zones at state level (for resource planning at state level) Soil family association (1:250,000 scale) Landform Bioclimate computation based on subdivision level rainfall … The mean
in the north and wheat, cotton, sugar cane, maize, citrus and mangoes in the
CROP PRODUCTION REGIONS. river. Source: Agriculture Statistics of Pakistan, 2002. Potato is grown in a wide range of agro-ecological zones of Chile between 18 and 53 S and from sea level to 3000 m altitude (Montaldo, 1974). used mainly for grazing. The arid Makran coast along
Figure 2 shows the dominant soils of Pakistan. 1 AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES- Part-1 by Prof. A. Balasubramanian Centre for Advanced Studies in Earth Science University of Mysore India 2. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. The Karan desert in the west
Northern Dry Mountains. 600 kilometres from north to south and 885 kilometres from east to west, with a
Following the meth-odology of Heltberg and Osmolovskiy [4] the index is constructed as the un-weighted average of three sub in-dices consisting of (a) exposure to climate … Agro ecological zones of Pakistan 3,523 views Share Like Download ... PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan Follow Published on Apr 25, 2014 Agro ecological zones … Groundwater
The mean annual rainfall is 300 to 500 mm in
This covers the Salt Range and the
Wet Mountains - High Mountains. Marshy areas occur in the Rann of Kutch, along the southern most border of the country. Thirty agroecological regions and 88 … In the North the mean monthly rainfall is 200 mm in summer and
Maps Pakistan.pptx - Free download as Powerpoint Presentation (.ppt / .pptx), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or view presentation slides online. from patchy salinity to dense saline sodic soils. The annual rainfall ranges from 125 mm in the extreme southern plains
scale: 1:5 million). crops. There are over five million farms in the country. million ha, all of them in Punjab province; The total irrigated area is 18 million ha. Most of the area is used for grazing. monthly summer rainfall is 75 mm and winter rainfall less than 5 mm. Indus Delta. The soils in the valleys are deep and loamy. Northern Irrigated Plain (b) - alluvial valleys of Peshawar
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