Rediet Girma

Land Suitability Evaluation: Land Suitability Evaluation for Crop Production in Jello Watershed at Chiro Woreda of West Harerghe, Ethiopia Rediet Girma

This study was aimed at identifying the current physical land suitability for maize, wheat and sorghum in Jello watershed under Chiro woreda in accordance to the FAO (1976) framework for LE to perform land suitability evaluation and carry out suitability mapping with the help of GIS tools and to compare the LU practiced with the findings of this study. Relevant land quality (LQ) and land characteristics (LCs) data on climate, topography and soil following medium intensity soil survey technique were collected and the analysis was held by using GIS tools after converting the data into a usable format for the LE process. Consequently through the querying analysis, the suitability rating process was run for individual LCs and based on the maximum limitation method, the overall suitability was assigned for specific land mapping units (LMUs) and displayed as suitability map with the integration of GIS.