[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of agricultural expansion areas in the Egyptian deserts: A review using remote sensing and GIS

SF Elbeih - The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space …, 2021 - Elsevier
Agricultural expansion areas in the Egyptian deserts are one of the main governmental
inputs that increased during the last decade. Evaluation of such agricultural lands helps …

Mapping soil salinity using spectral mixture analysis of landsat 8 OLI images to identify factors influencing salinization in an arid region

AA Masoud, K Koike, MG Atwia, MM El-Horiny… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil salinization is one of the most serious environmental issues degrading land resources
globally, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions. Therefore, regional and precise …

[HTML][HTML] Geospatial model for allocating favorable plots for groundwater-dependent cultivation activities in Egypt

A Shalby, SR Emara, MI Metwally, AM Negm… - The Egyptian Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Moving towards horizontal expansion in the vast barren lands to alleviate overpopulation
along the Nile River is imperative to Egypt's 2030 sustainable development strategy …

A comparison of approaches to regional land-use capability analysis for agricultural land-planning

TA Ippolito, JE Herrick, EL Dossa, M Garba, M Ouattara… - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
Smallholder agriculture is a major source of income and food for developing nations. With
more frequent drought and increasing scarcity of arable land, more accurate land-use …

[HTML][HTML] Land Suitability Assessment and Crop Water Requirements for Twenty Selected Crops in an Arid Land Environment

SAH Selmy, R Jimenez-Ballesta, DE Kucher… - Agronomy, 2024 - mdpi.com
Expanding projects to reclaim marginal land is the most effective way to reduce land use
pressures in densely populated areas, such as Egypt's Nile Valley and Delta; however, this …

Multivariate analysis and GIS-based soil suitability diagnosis for sustainable intensive agriculture in Beni-Moussa irrigated subperimeter (Tadla plain, Morocco)

A Barakat, W Ennaji, A El Jazouli, R Amediaz… - Modeling Earth Systems …, 2017 - Springer
The aim of this study was to diagnose the agricultural land quality in Beni-Moussa irrigated
subperimeter, Tadla plain (Morocco), and to evaluate that whether they are still suitable for …

Soil quality assessment using multivariate approaches: a case study of the dakhla oasis arid lands

SAH Selmy, SHA Al-Aziz, R Jiménez-Ballesta… - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
A precise evaluation of soil quality (SQ) is important for sustainable land use planning. This
study was conducted to assess soil quality using multivariate approaches. An assessment of …

A structural equation model of land capability and related drivers: Implications for land degradation forecasting in a tropical river basin

GH de Morais Fernandes… - Land Degradation & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Land degradation is a worldwide problem with natural and anthropogenic causes. An
important anthropogenic cause of land degradation is land uses that deviate from land …

Experimental and statistical study of saturated hydraulic conductivity and relations with other soil properties of a desert soil

R Gamie, F De Smedt - European Journal of Soil Science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural expansion in the Kharga Oasis, in the western desert of Egypt, depends strongly
on irrigation. Soil hydraulic conductivity is therefore a key property for reclaiming desert land …

Land suitability evaluation for citrus cultivation (Citrus ssp.) in the southwestern Egyptian delta: a GIS technique-based geospatial MCE-AHP framework

K Alsafadi, S Bi, B Bashir, A Hagras, B Alatrach… - Arabian Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Land evaluation is a process of the aggregation and interpretation of the basic elements of
soil, topography, and climate in order to identify the best land utilization type. Within this …