The Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development Department has taken a decision in the interest of the farmers under the Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana that the statistics of best three production during the last five years for the selected crop of the districts coming under the each agro-climatic zone will be considered for all the districts falling under the above mentioned agro climatic zone.
Directives have been issued in this regard to all concerned officers.
Notably, there are 11 agro-climatic zones in the state including Malwa plateau ie Indore, Ujjain, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Dewas, Shajapur, Agar-Malwa, Rajgarh and Neemuch districts. Agro-climatic zone of Nimar Plateau include Dhar, Khargone, Badwani, Khandwa, Burhanpur and Harda districts. Similarly, Kaimur plateau and hills of Satpura include Jabalpur, Katni, Seoni, Panna, Rewa and Satna dsitricts. Northern plateau of Chhatisgarh includes Mandla, Dindori, Sidhi, Singrauli, Shahdol, Anuppur and Umaria districts. Moreover, Sagar, Damoh, Bhopal and Vidisha districts have been included in agro climatic zone of Vindhya plateau. Narsinghpur, Sehore, Raisen, Hoshangabad districts in Central Narmada Valley and Morena, Sheopurkalan, Bhind, Gwalior and Guna districts have been included in Gird region agro-climatic zone.
Moreover, under the agro-climatic zone of Bundelkhand Plateau, districts include Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Shivpuri, Ashoknagar and Datia whereas Dhar, Jhabua and Alirajpur districst have been included in the hilly agro- climatic zone of Jhabua. Under the 10th climatic zone of the state, Chhindwara and Betul districts have been included in the agro-climatic zone of Satpura plateau. Balaghat is the only single district which has been included as 11th agriculture climatic zone of Chattisgarh plateau.