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The concept ofâagro-ecological region1 is a modification and improvement on agroclimatic regions. The concept of agro-ecological region is perhaps hazy to our scientific communities. People generally confuse these two terms (agroclimatic and agro-ecological) and use them in more or less the same way. But there is a distinct difference between these two terms. According to FAO (1983), agroclimatic region is a land unit in terms of major bioclimate and length of growing period and which is climatically suitable for certain range of crop cultivation. But agro-ecological region is the land unit carved out of agro-climatic region when superimposed on land form and soil condition that acts as modifier of the length of growing period. Therefore, within an agro-climatic region there may be a few agro-ecological regions depending on soil condition. This approach has been used in delineating agro-ecological regions of India.