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A Gis Based Land Suitability Assessment For Agricultural Planning In Kilte Awulaelo District, Ethiopia, Ahmed Harb Rabia A.H. Rabia
A Gis Based Land Suitability Assessment For Agricultural Planning In Kilte Awulaelo District, Ethiopia, Ahmed Harb Rabia A.H. Rabia
Ahmed Harb Rabia A.H. Rabia
Land Suitability refers to the ability of a portion of land to tolerate the production of crops in a sustainable way. Such kind of analysis allows identifying the main limiting factors for the agricultural production and enables decision makers to develop crop managements able to increase the land productivity. Objectives of this study were to develop a GIS based approach for land use suitability assessment which will assist land managers and land use planners to identify areas with physical constraints for a range of nominated land uses. Also to help identify the management requirements that will ensure that a particular …