Soil Suitability Assessment for Twenty Crops in East Edfu Soils, Aswan | ||
| Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||
| Article 16, Volume 53, Issue 5, December 2022, Pages 203-223 PDF (2.13 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajas.2022.158976.1170 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mostafa M. Ahmed* 1; Mohamed A. El- Desoky1; Mohsen A. Gameh1; Ezzat M. Ahmed1; Salman A.H. Selmy2 | ||
| 1Soils and Water Dept., Fac. Agric., Assiut Univ., Egypt. | ||
| 2Soils & Water Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut Univ. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Soil suitability assessment is critical for sustainable land use planning. The area east of Edfu in Aswan governorate is important for agriculture production. Therefore this study aimed to determine, assess, and map the soil suitability for growing selected twenty crops in the study area using the ASLE program. Twenty sampling sites in east Edfu representing an area of 7166.52 ha were chosen for the current study. All sampled site coordinates were recorded using (GPS) and then plotted on a map using ArcGIS. Soil samples were collected from each site at a depth of 0–60 cm. Moreover, the soil physical and chemical characteristics (e.g., soil texture, soil depth, CaCO3, ECe and ESP) that are substantially related to the potential land use and their limitations were determined. Furthermore, the spatial distribution maps of soil suitability of all the selected crops were produced employing ArcGIS software. The results revealed that soils under study are characterized by a coarse texture, as the dominant texture classes were loamy sand and sandy loam. Concerning the soil depth, the soils of the investigated sites have a moderate limitation for agricultural land use. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| : Soil suitability; Soil proprieties; Aswan; Land use planning | ||
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