India has set up a panel of officials to assess the impact of rising temperatures on the wheat crop, as the weather office warned that above normal temperatures would prevail in key producing states.
About the Committee:
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Important facts about the Crop:
Indian Wheat Growing Zones:
The entire wheat growing areas of the country has been categorized into 6 major zones as follows
Zones |
States/Regions Covered |
Northern Hill Zone(NHZ) |
Hilly areas of J&K( except Jammu, Kathua and Samba districts), Himachal Pradesh ( except Una&Paonta valley),Uttarakhand(excluding Tarai region) & Sikkim |
North Western Plains Zone(NWPZ) |
Punjab,Haryana,Western UP(except Jhansi Div),Rajasthan (excluding Kota & Udaipur div),Delhi, Tarai region of Uttarakhand, Una&Paonta valley of HP, Jammu,Samba &Kathua districts of J&K and Chandigarh. |
North Eastern Plains Zone(NEPZ) |
Eastern UP(28 dist),Bihar,Jharkhand,WestBengal,Assam, Odisha and other NE states (except Sikkim) |
Central Zone |
MP,Gujarat,Chattisgarh,Kota& Udaipur Div of Rajasthan & Jhansi Div of UP. |
Peninsular Zone |
Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu(except Nilgiris&Palani Hills),Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh |
Southern Hill Zone(SHZ) |
Nilgiris&Palani Hills of Tamil Nadu |
Why higher temperature is a concern for the crop?
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