Agro-climatic Zones (USAID - 2014)

Data source: USAID (United States Agency for International Development) South Sudan Tropical Forests and Biological Diversity Assessment - Phase 1: Pre-Field FAA 118/119 Desk Assessment.. Retrieved here [http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00JR36.pdf]

Climate and soils are primary determinants of the type of agricultural occupations that can be undertaken, and how, where and when they occur. Generally, mixed cultivation takes place in the Green Belt, and livestock rearing and extensive cultivation are practised in the Ironstone Plateau and semi-arid zones. This layer maps the country’s six main agro-climatic zones.