Land evaluation suitability for Olives cultivation by using LAMIS program and GIS in Latakia province
published by Aِl-Baath University
in 2017
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and research's language is
العربية
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in this study a land suitability evaluation was carried out for Olives
(Olea europancae ) cultivation and was performed in Latakia province.
it included 6 land units (coastal plains, valleys and river bed, summit,
gently sloping, moderately sloping, steeply sloping) each unit was
represented by one representative soil profile and its characteristics
were matched with olive requirement by using LAMIS and gis to
identify suitability classes.
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