A Numerical approach to land suitability for wheat cultivation in the north-western coast region of Egypt [electronic resource].

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Wheat is considered the most strategic crop for Egypt as well as some other developing countries. The present study is conducted to evaluate the land suitability of the north-western coast region of Egypt for wheat cultivation using Sakha-8 cultivar to perform the suggested approach. The area covers approximately 393680 feddan. The soils of this area orc mostly sandy to sandy loam. They are rich in their lime content and fluctuate in salinity level. They were classified into Typic Salorthids, Typic Torripsamments, Lithic Torripsamments, Typic Torriorthents, Typic Calciorthids, Calcic Torripsamments and mixture of Typic Calciorthids with Typic Orthents. The obtained data indicated that the study area could be grouped into three land suitability classes for wheat. The classes S1, S2 and S3 cover almost 50, 29 and 6 % of the total area respectively. Soil salinity, drainage conditions and low fertility of the soils were the main limiting factors.

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