Research Article
Land Suitability Assessment for Apple (Malus domestica) Production in Sentele Watershed in Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia
Table 5
Evaluation criteria and land area under different land suitability classes.
| | Criteria | Area | | S1 Highly suitable | S2 Moderately suitable | S3 Marginally suitable | S4 Least suitable | | % | Ha | % | Ha | % | Ha | % | Ha |
| | Elevation | 16.4 | 308.8 | 31.9 | 600.7 | 26.5 | 499.0 | 25.2 | 474.5 | | GTP | 3.6 | 67.8 | 27.9 | 525.4 | 53.4 | 1005.5 | 15.1 | 284.3 | | Mean temp | 14.4 | 271.2 | 31.6 | 595.0 | 42.9 | 807.8 | 11.1 | 209.0 | | Rainfall | 13.5 | 254.2 | 36.2 | 681.7 | 21.5 | 404.8 | 28.8 | 542.3 | | Soil depth | 30.5 | 574.3 | 31.9 | 600.7 | 21.4 | 403.0 | 16.2 | 305.0 | | Slope | 29.4 | 553.6 | 32.5 | 612.0 | 26.3 | 495.2 | 11.8 | 222.2 | | pH | 6.6 | 124.3 | 34.8 | 655.3 | 48.2 | 907.6 | 10.4 | 195.8 | | Soil type | 66.2 | 1,246.6 | 33.8 | 636.4 | - | | - | | | Drainage | 43.5 | 819.1 | 56.5 | 1,063.9 | - | | - | | | LULC | 22.1 | 416.1 | 25.6 | 482.1 | 26.3 | 495.2 | 26.0 | 489.6 | | Aspect | 26.9 | 506.5 | 33.0 | 621.4 | 28.0 | 527.2 | 12.1 | 227.9 |
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Source: calculated from scores of suitability maps and AHP technique.
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