Agricultural land sustainability Evaluation using Remote sensing and GIS in Nile Delta Area, Egypt | ||
| Annals of Agricultural Science, Moshtohor | ||
| Article 16, Volume 60, Issue 2, June 2022, Pages 509-520 PDF (1.45 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/assjm.2022.253684 | ||
| Author | ||
| Heba S. A. Rashed* | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Sustainable agriculture has many constrains suppress it's continually this raise the importance of evaluating indicators status of agricultural sustainability. Land sustainability was evaluated in different areas in El-Monofia Governorate, through five indices (productivity, security, protection, economic viability and social acceptability).The area, lies between latitudes 30o 20` to 30o 50` N, and longitudes 30o 50` to 31o 20`E, The total of study area is about 33961 ha, This study found that more than 60% of the study are achieved sustainability index class II, while 38.7% of the area achieved sustainability index class I .There for agricultural land sustainability in El-Monofia Governorate requires much more governmental and public efforts through Attention to social and economic factors, Educate farmers to improve agricultural productivity and Using of precision agriculture as a technique maximize agricultural yield. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Agricultural land; Sustainability Evaluation; Remote sensing; GIS; Nile Delta Area | ||
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