Vegetable Seeds

1-ZAMBIA’S AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES

Key

AER 1 = Agro-Ecological Region 1

• Less than 800mm rainfall per year.
• 80-120 effective growing days.
• Suitable for millet, sorghum, maize, groundnuts, soyabeans.

AER 2A and AER 2B = Agro-Ecological Region 2a and Agro-ecological Region 2B

• 800-1, 000mm rainfall per year.
• 100-140 effective growing days.
• Suitable for maize, sorghum, millet, cowpea, groundnuts, soyabeans.

AER 3 = Agro-Ecological Region 3

• More than 1, 000mm rainfall per year.
• 160+ effective growing days.
• Suitable for maize, millet, sorghum, groundnuts, beans, rice, soyabean

C.2-ZAMBIA’S AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES