Abstract
Land suitability analysis is a prerequisite for sustainable agricultural production. This study was aimed at evaluating the current physical land suitability for major cereal crops: teff, wheat, ba...
Highlights
On a global scale, agriculture has proven the potential to increase food supplies faster than the growth of the population, a pattern to be expected in the foreseeable future (Dent, 1993)
This study demonstrated that based on physical land suitability analysis the study area has huge potential for cereal crop production
This paper presents the physical land evaluation for selected cereal crops growing in Dabo Hana district, southwest Ethiopia
Summary
Agriculture has proven the potential to increase food supplies faster than the growth of the population, a pattern to be expected in the foreseeable future (Dent, 1993). According to (Schinca, 2009) report in three decades of agriculture produc tion in the sub-Saharan region, besides losing export market it failed to increase the production of food calories per capital above 2100/day. In order to increase food production and provide food security, crops need to be grown in areas where they are best suited. In this regard, the first and foremost requirement is carrying out land suitability analysis (Kihoro et al, 2013). The same source indicated that Ethiopia has high agricultural potential because of its vast areas of fertile land, diverse agro-ecological environment, and availability of a large labor pool which can enhance agricultural productivity
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