Cotton – fallow
Green gram – safflower
Black gram – Safflower
Black gram – Bengal gram
Soybean – Bengal gram
Jowar – fallow
Agro-climatic Zone
Characteristics
Assured rainfall zone
The whole district except tehasil Warud and eastern part of tehasil Tiwasa and Chandur railway fall within this zone about 81% area is under this zone.
The annual precipitation varies from 800 to 900mm; however it exceeds often in hilly Melghat tract of this zone.
More than 75% rainfall, in this zone is received in kharif season and hence, the kharif cropping system predominates in the zone.
The climate is usually hot and dry. Dharani, Chikhaldara, Daryapur, Anjangaon surji, Bhatkuli, Amravati, Nanadgaon kh.,Achalpur, Chandur bazar, a little part of Morshi and western part of Tiwasa and Chandur raily tehasil are included in this zone.
The area wise characters of soil and the prevalent cropping pattern is furnished below.
An area of tehasil Dharani and Chikhaldara in this zone is hilly and occupied mountain Satpura, popularly known as “Melghat range”. Land is extremely sloppy. Soils are very shallow to shallow. Forest occupies substantial area in these tehasils. Kharif sorghum, soybean, minor millets or and rice in same patches are the important crops of this region. The area is inhibited by tribal farmers. This tract gives good scope for development of dry land horticulture and forage crops.
The soils in tehasil Achalpur,Chandur bazar, Morshi, Amravati and Nandgaon khandeshwar are moderate to deep and predominantly vertisols and with situation of ill drainage and crop suffering from more of wet condition, during the year of relatively higher rains. Irrigation management in these soils posses some problems. Cotton predominates over sorghum. Other crops grown are soybean, red gram, green gram, black gram, etc in kharif season and wheat and Bengal gram are the rabi crops, wherever irrigation water is available.
The soils in Bhatkuli, Daryapur, Southern part of Anjangaon surji tehasil are vertisoil, deep and saline to saline alkali in reaction. Open well in tract have saline water, as result of which, the same cannot be utilized for irrigation purposes. Cotton, Soybean, Sorghum, , red gram, green gram & black gram are the major crops of the tract together with rain fed Wheat, Bengal gram and Sunflower during rabi season. Poor drainage during rainy season is rampant. Fields respectively plain.
The soils is western part of Tiwasa and Chandur railway tehasil are predominantly shallow to moderately deep with equal proportion of vertisols, entisols and inceptisols. Land is rolling and slop. In this area also cotton predominates sorghum. Soybean is making its place in the cropping system. Pulses and groundnut are the important crops of the region.
Moderate to moderately high rainfall zone :
Total Warud tehasil, part of Morshi and eastern part of Tiwasa and Chandur railway tehasil are included in this zone.
The average rainfall received in this tract usually exceeds 900mm.
The climate is hot and dry.18.93% area of the district falls under this zone.
The soils in this area are moderate to deep having orange dominating cropping system, either on command or dug well irrigation with seasonal vegetables and also field crops like cotton, sorghum, soybean, redgram in kharif and mostly irrigated wheat in Rabi season.
Distribution of the district in to five Agro ecological situations.
Sr. No.
Agro ecological situation
Characteristics
1
I
Hilly topography, Shallow soil, Marginal land holding & High rainfall
2
II
Plain topography, Medium to deep soil
3
III
Plain topography, Shallow to medium soil, Assured rainfall, Irrigated situation
Plain topography, Shallow to medium soil, command area irrigation
Soil type/s
The major portion of the earth crust of the district has been synthesized from the “ Besalt” hence the majority soils of the district in general are black and fertile.
