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Agro-ecological regions

Area covered

Network Cooperating Center

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Humid Western Himalayan Region

Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and two hill divisions of erstwhile Uttar Pradesh, namely, Kumaon and Garhval (Uttranchal).

Shere-Kashmir University of Agriculture and Technology, Jammu

2

Humid Bengal - Assam Basin

West Bengal and Assam representing the Ganga-Brahmaputra alluvial plain.

Assam Agricultural University, Guwahati

3

Humid Eastern Himalayan Region and Bay Islands

Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Central Agricultural University, Imphal

4

Sub-humid Sutlej-Ganga Alluvial Plains

Punjab, plains of Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, and Bihar.

Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana

5

Sub-humid to Humid Eastern and South-eastern Uplands

Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and the Raipur Division of erstwhile Madhya Pradesh (Chhattisgarh).

Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad

6

Arid Western Plains

Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli.

Maharana Pratap Agricultural University, Udaipur

7

Semi-arid Lava Plateau and Central Highlands

Maharashtra, Goa, Daman & Diu, and Western and Central Madhya Pradesh.

State Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur

8

Humid to Semi-arid Western Ghats and Karnataka Plateau

Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Pondicherry, and Lakshadweep Islands.

Kerala Forest Research Institute, Thrissur