Abstract
Food security is the current problem that affects the socio economic standard and living condition of the society. Land suitability analysis is a method of land evaluation which measures the degree of appropriateness of land for a certain use. The aim of this study was to identify and delineate the land that can best support maize production by using GIS technology. The study was carried out in Debub Gondar zone in Ethiopia. Even though agriculture is the main economic activity in the study area, its productivity is insufficient because some of the crops being introduced are not doing well. For this study, three specific objectives were mentioned. These are; identify the suitable area of maize in the study area, identify the unsuitable area of maize in the study area and compare current maize production with suitable and unsuitable area. To accomplish these study four parameters were used such as soil, slope, temperature and rainfall. The parameters were analyzed by ArcGIS 10.3 software. As result the largest portion of the study area was unsuitable for maize production and some part of northern, north western and eastern part of study area was partially suitable for maize production. Finally, we recommended that the concerned bodies should cultivate maize around the suitable part of the study area. Keywords: Debub Gondar, GIS, Maize, Suitability DOI: 10.7176/JEES/11-4-01 Publication date: April 30 th 2021
Highlights
IntroductionHumans too have to feed on other living organisms in order to survive
Just like other animals, humans too have to feed on other living organisms in order to survive
Food security challenges have been compounded in recent year by high food prices, natural disasters, conflict and poor governance, and will be further compounded, as global food, fodder, and bioenergy crops, grows climatic variability increase, diet change and natural resource are depleted
Summary
Humans too have to feed on other living organisms in order to survive. This means that as part of the cycle of life, human food is obtained by ending the live of other animals and other living specious [13]. Agriculture being the most primitive occupation of the most civilized mans, draws much on its development starting from shifting cultivation to advanced precision farming, with the advancement in the civilization man come to know about more crops and standard to cultivate many crops. Food security challenges have been compounded in recent year by high food prices, natural disasters, conflict and poor governance, and will be further compounded, as global food, fodder, and bioenergy crops, grows climatic variability increase, diet change and natural resource are depleted
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