ASSESSING LAND CAPABILITY POTENTIALITIES OF THE WESTERN DESERT FRINGES FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT USING REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS”  ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC STUDY ON FAYOUM GOVERNORATE, BENISUEF AND MINYA

A. F, Mandour,; H. I., El-Kassas,; Hala, A., Effat,; A. A, Afifi, A.; E. Y, Abd El-Hamid,

doi:10.21608/jes.2018.20472

ASSESSING LAND CAPABILITY POTENTIALITIES OF THE WESTERN DESERT FRINGES FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT USING REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS” ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC STUDY ON FAYOUM GOVERNORATE, BENISUEF AND MINYA

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

¹ Faculty of Commerce, Ain Shams University

² Institute of Environmental Studies & Research, Ain Shams University.

³ National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences

⁴ National Research Centre

10.21608/jes.2018.20472

Abstract

Egypt's national development plans aim primarily at increasing the area of agricultural land, which is an important national goal to control the gap between food production and consumption. Agricultural development affects economically and environmentally at the national level. The objective of the study is the environmental and economic assessment of sustainable development, Human and environmental and economic impact studies.

In this study, the techniques of remote sensing and geographic information systems have been used to develop scenarios of land use change and future forecasting for the most suitable places where agricultural development is carried out in the Western Desert Fringes.
The statistical approach, sensing and geographic information systems have been used to assess and develop the economic conditions to reach the scenarios of land validity for development and ways of future expansion.
Satellite processing programs such as ENVI-5.2, GIS 10.2 ARC-GIS, and the Automated Land Evaluation System (ALES). Many field visits were required to verify the data and economic data were used to estimate average production costs per feddanFor most crops, as well as estimating the average net yield of feddan of field crops to calculate the economic effect of the net yield of feddan of field crops to see the economic gains in the study area.
The results of the research showed the techniques of remote sensing in monitoring the changes of the desert lands for 2001 - 2014, proved that the reclaimed agricultural lands increased at the expense of the desert lands where the size of the reclaimed area in 2001 (111,644 acres) and in 2014, the size of the reclaimed agricultural area (273,539 feddans) showed the results of ALES in determining the suitability and suitability of the land for sustainable development through criteria for predicting the appropriate soil and water crops for agricultural development, (Wheat, sugar beet) and summer crops (including peanuts and tomatoes).
The research recommendations included the expansion of the use of saline, thirst and heat tolerant crop cultivars, which are compatible with the harsh desert environment in the Western Desert Fringes, to encourage scientific research in the field of development prior to the implementation of any projects.

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