05462nam a2200457 a 4500 20260818145135.0 190627s2014 th m rtt 0| eng d .b12315941 AIT Thesis no.AS-14-01 Wali, Emal Land suitability evaluation for agronomic crops in Khost Province of Afghanistan Pathum Thani, Thailand : Asian Institute of Technology, 2014 141 p. : ill. + 1 online resource Thesis ; no. AS-14-01 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Agricultural Systems and Engineering Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2014 The aim of this research was to develop an agricultural system for agronomic crops namely rice, maize, wheat and saffron that is economically profitable, environmentally safe and socially acceptable at Khost Province of Afghanistan. The objectives were set out to find highly suitable (S1), moderately suitable (S2), marginally suitable (S3) and not suitable (N)locations for those agronomic crops using geo-information technology and to study the influence of various physical and socio-economic factors on agronomic crops. The methodology is divided into three main phases: data collection and database creation, physical and socio-economics land suitability evaluation and hierarchical organization and the analytical hierarchy process (AHP)application. For further analysis of physical factors, a special purpose soil survey was conducted where 53 soil samples were collected from different areas of Khost Province. The required laboratory tests for measuring soil pH, salinity level, organic matter contents, and N, P, K and texture classes{u2019} identification were performed in Shaikh Zayed University and Kabul University laboratories and the results were placed in a database. To measure the importance of individual limiting factors both for physical and socio-economics suitability, the AHP was performed based on the ideas of 80 experts for physical suitability from Afghanistan and Thailand and 60 experts and 100 farmer{u2019}s ideas for socio-economics suitability evaluation only from Afghanistan. A map of 15 soil sub-groups that were recognized in this research, soil texture, pH, salinity, organic matter, N, P, K and fertility maps from the primary data of soil survey and maps of land use types from three land sate images captured in 1998, 2001 and 2013weregeneratedand used in further analysis of this research. Additionally, maps of rainfall, wind speed, relative humidity and mean temperature of the growing season from the secondary data obtained from NASA organization were generated and used in further analysis of this research. And map of irrigation developed by FAO was also digitized and projected and was used in this research The relative importance of the socio-economic factors was calculated for30land mapping units and applied on a vector map having 30 land mapping units. For the final suitability maps generation, the map of socio-economic suitability and physical suitability were combined. Lastly, a land use map was joined with the final suitability maps to indicate only those areas which are currently not used for other purposes. Finally four individual maps for rice, maize, wheat and saffron showing places that are economically profitable, socially acceptable and environmentally safe were generated upon completion of this research study. This study can be used as a model of land suitability evaluation in all other provinces of Afghanistan, so that consequently, the land areas around the country would be used as economically profitable, environmentally viable and socially acceptable. Land capability for agriculture Afghanistan Land capability for agriculture Evaluation Datta, Avishek, Chairperson Shrestha, Rajendra Prasad, Examination Committee Wattanaporn Meskuntavon, Examination committee Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship, Scholarship donor Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), Scholarship donor Afghanistan Partnership Project, Scholarship donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. AS-14-01 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B01854 .b12315941 mnait m 240422 0 190627 m a m 0 000:001:PDF:b1231594:004318:0:0:0:0:0:0 Click to view Abstract n mnait mnait mnarc 40 20 Barcode : 30050120876874 CREATED : 2019-06-25 RECORD # : i13198166 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120959209 CREATED : 2019-06-27 RECORD # : i13199225 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120959217 CREATED : 2019-06-27 RECORD # : i13199237 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 68062 68062 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no.AS-14-01 30050120876874 2026-08-18 14:51:35 1 2026-08-18 40 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.AS-14-01 30050120959209 2026-08-18 14:51:35 1 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.AS-14-01 30050120959217 2026-08-18 14:51:35 2 2026-08-18 20