Irrigation is the artificial application of water to crops to supply moisture. With rising drought
indices and rapid population expansion, the need for irrigation water for food production is …

The semi arid lands of Jordan are fragile and severely degraded due to low rainfall and
mismanagement of natural resources. As human demands increase, sustaining the …

Abstract Design of comprehensive, standardized land evaluation tools is challenged by
constraints of scale, data availability, validity, and mathematical translation and combination …

This study was aimed at optimizing the weighted linear combination method (WLC) for
agricultural land suitability evaluation (ALSE) through indicator selection, weight …

Rice harvesting in Bangladesh is impacted by the absence of advanced harvesting
technologies, high labor costs, and natural calamities, which frequently interrupt the …

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is the most valuable perennial forage grass in northern China.
We selected 12 ecological criteria and 4 socioeconomic criteria to calculate the suitability of …

With the acceleration of urbanization and industrialization, regional development is
becoming increasingly disordered. Thus, how to balance economic development and …

Although crop diversification is one of the main strategy of agroecological transition, a major
obstacle is the lack of local references regarding new crops. Land suitability methods can …

Land suitability analysis provides decision support information to select and put in practice
optimum land use options. The sustainability of land resources and their potential to meet …

Agricultural development planning requires site-specific land resource data to assess the
crop-land suitability. This study aimed to assess land suitability for agricultural development …