Agriculture land suitability analysis evaluation based multi criteria and GIS approach

8th IGRSM International Conference and Exhibition on Geospatial & Remote Sensing

地球科学;计算机科学

Ahmed, Goma Bedawi^1,2 ; Shariff, Abdul Rashid M.^1 ; Balasundram, Siva Kumar^3 ; Fikri Bin Abdullah, Ahmad^4

Geospatial Information Science Research Centre (GISRC), University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia^1

Arab Center for Desert Research and Development of Desert Communities, Morzok, Libya^2

Department of Agriculture Technology, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia^3

Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia^4

关键词: Agricultural intensification;    Agricultural land use;    Agricultural yields;    Analytic hierarchical process;    Ecological factors;    Ecological variables;    Land Use Planning;    Physical variables;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/37/1/012044/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/37/1/012044

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Land suitability evaluation (LSE) is a valuable tool for land use planning in major countries of the world as well as in Malaysia. However, previous LSE studies have been conducted with the use of biophysical and ecological datasets for the design of equally important socio-economic variables. Therefore, this research has been conducted at the sub national level to estimate suitable agricultural land for rubber crops in Seremban, Malaysia by application of physical variables in combination with widely employed biophysical and ecological variables. The objective of this study has been to provide an up-to date GIS-based agricultural land suitability evaluation (ALSE) for determining suitable agricultural land for Rubber crops in Malaysia. Biophysical and ecological factors were assumed to influence agricultural land use were assembled and the weights of their respective contributions to land suitability for agricultural uses were assessed using an analytic hierarchical process. The result of this study found Senawang, Mambau, Sandakan and Rantau as the most suitable areas for cultivating Rubber; whereas, Nilai and Labu are moderately suitable for growing rubber. Lenggeng, Mantin and Pantai are not suitable for growing rubber as the study foresaw potential environmental degradation of these locations from agricultural intensification. While this study could be useful in assessing the potential agricultural yields and potential environmental degradation in the study area, it could also help to estimate the potential conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural uses.