Crop Production
Crop Protection
Crop Improvement
Sustainable Agriculture
Organic Farming
Indigenous Farming

Weather
Soil
Water
Seed
Farm Enterprises
Nutrition
Post Harvest Technology
Bio Technology
Bio-Fuels

Agro-climatic Zone and Major Agro ecological situations

Agro Climatic Zone : Southern agro-climatic zone of Tamil Nadu

Characteristics

KVK, AC& RI, Madurai is situated in the Periyar- Vaigai command area.  This region is  located in the southern agro-climatic zone of Tamil Nadu. The geographical extent of Madurai is 3741.73 sq.km accounting for 2.9% of the geographical area of Tamilnadu  State. There are 2 Revenue divisions and 13 Blocks in the district. Madurai district is classified under Southern Plateau and Hill Region, among the 13 agro climatic zones in the country. Normally tropical climate prevails over the District without any sharp variation. The average annual rainfall of the District is 855 mm. The major portion of the rainfall is received duringNorth –East  Monsoon.  The district is basically agrarian and Agriculture is the main occupation. The land under forest         ( 50452 ha), gross cropped Area (138055 ha), gross irrigated area to gross cropped are (48%) and number of tanks stood at 13,616 and gross area irrigated 69,690 ha. Out of 2.48 lakh dairy animals in the district, white and black cattle stood at 2.15 and 0.33 lakh respectively.
By virtue of certain basic infra structural facilities, the district offers ample scope for various type of economic activities , prominent among them being in the field of textiles, readymade garments , bakery units, floriculture, dairying etc.

Soil type

The types of soil available in the district are thin red, deep red, red soil, black and red sandy. Considering mineral resources, lime stone deposits, granite etc., are available in this district.