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Crops in Pune District |
The agriculture in Pune district has much variations in it as compared to others in Maharashtra. It includes 4 among the 7 agricultural climate zones in Maharashtra.
Ghat Zone
Sub
Mountain Zone
Plain Zone
Scarcity Zone
|
Sr. No. |
Zone |
Rainfall m.m. |
Taluka |
Crop |
| 1. | Ghat | 5000 | West portion of Mawal & Mulashi taluquas. | Rice, Nachani |
| 2. | Sub Mountain | 1700 to 2500 | Junnar, Khed, Ambegaon, Maval, Mulashi, Bhor Tq's west portion & east portion of Velhe. | Rice, Nachani |
| 3. | Plain | 950 to 1250 | Bhor, Mulashi, Junnar, Khed, Ambegaon Tq's west portion and west Haveli. | Jawar, Bajra, Groundnut, Sugarcane |
| 4. | Scarcity | below 950 | Haveli, Shirur, Purandhar, Daund, Baramati, Indapur Tq's east portion. | Jawar, Sunflower, Chana Sugarcane, Kardai |
Due to presence of Sahyadri ranges in West of Distt. a plenty of rain falls. Also due proper geographical structure for dams, a number of Irrigation Projects are implemented. Pune Distt. comes under Krishna vallry and the rivers are Bhima, Mula, Mutha, Indrayani, Ghodnadi, Nira. Khadakwasla, Kukadi, Ghod, Nira, Pavana are the 5 important Irrigation Projects.
Due to flow of rivers from west to east, scarcity zone in east is utilised for gardening. Sugarcane is the important cash crop. There are 10 sugar factories in the district. Gardening, wheat and vegetables are slightly replacing the crop 'Jawar'.