Agroecological land use potential of Amik Plain, Turkey

The loss of agricultural land due to the development of other land uses has increasingly become an issue of local, regional, and national concern in Turkey. | Ş. KILIÇ Research Article Turk J Agric For 35 (2011) 433-442 © TÜBİTAK doi: Agroecological land use potential of Amik Plain, Turkey Şeref KILIÇ* Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Mustafa Kemal University, 31034 Antakya, Hatay - TURKEY Received: Abstract: The loss of agricultural land due to the development of other land uses has increasingly become an issue of local, regional, and national concern in Turkey. This study was aimed at evaluating land use potential and suitability of 174 land mapping units of 72,544 ha in Amik Plain (Hatay, Turkey) for 21 different land use types. For this purpose, land suitability evaluation was carried out using soil and land data and a PC-compatible ILSEN software package program developed by the SENOL land evaluation system. Our study showed that out of 39 potential groups, 26 combined land uses and land covers (LULC) occupied less than 1% of the study area. Nearly (11,090 ha) of the study area was found suitable for all of the horticultural crops and related land cover. The land area suitable for the entire field crops was estimated to cover (8727 ha) of the study area. Key words: Land evaluation, land use, agricultural land suitability class Amik ovasının tarımsal-ekolojik arazi kullanım potansiyeli Özet: Türkiye’de tarım alanlarının, diğer kullanımların gelişimi sonucu kaybedilmesi, yerel, bölgesel ve ulusal düzeyde büyüyen bir sorundur. Bu çalışma ile 72,544 ha alana sahip Amik ovasında (Hatay, Türkiye) yer alan 174 arazi haritalama biriminin 21 farklı arazi kullanım türü için arazi kullanım potansiyelinin ve uygunluğunun değerlendirilmesi amaçlamıştır. Bu amaçla arazi uygunluk değerlendirmesi, SENOL arazi değerlendirme sistemine göre ILSEN paket programında toprak ve arazi verileri kullanılarak yapılmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda, programca oluşturulan toplam 39 potansiyel kullanım grubundan 26 tanesinin her birinin çalışma alanının % 1’inden daha az alan işgal .

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