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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Sarkar, Bappa
• Das, Prasanta
• Islam, Nazrul
• Basak, Amiya
• Debnath, Manoj
• Roy, Ranjan

Titel

Land suitability analysis for paddy crop using GIS-based Fuzzy-AHP (F-AHP) method in Koch Bihar district, West Bengal

Ist Teil von

• Geocarto international, 2022-12, Vol.37 (25), p.8952-8978

Ort / Verlag

Taylor & Francis

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Quelle

Taylor & Francis:Master (3349 titles)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Land Suitability Analysis (LSA) is one of the most important methods for developing a precise land suitability map. The present study was aimed to identify suitable paddy crop-growing regions in the Koch Bihar district of West Bengal, India. For the study, 18 criteria were chosen, and their weightage was assigned based on expert opinion and the GIS-based Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy process (F-AHP) method adopted. Results indicated the most important factors for developing LSA for paddy cultivation are rainfall (16.72%), soil texture (13.22%), slope (11.55%), elevation (09.63%), soil moisture (08.27%), temperature (07.11%), and pH (05.03%). It has been observed that highly suitable (14.54%), moderately suitable (46.07%), marginally suitable (24.20%), and not suitable (15.19%) areas for paddy cultivation. The Area Under Curve (AUC) value (0.869) confirms the reliability of the F-AHP approach in LSA. The findings of the study provide sustainable agricultural planning and delineate potential sites for paddy cultivation.