Land assessment is a specific requirement for the land use. Land assessment results provide the information on land types and natural conditions (land map units) so that we can evaluate the suitability of the land area for agricultural and non-agricultural use. In agriculture, appropriate crops for the land area are usually designed based on the land assessment data. | 48 Nong Lam University Ho Chi Minh City Ecological planning for the conservation and development of pineapple Ananas comosus in Tan Phuoc district Tien Giang province Mai T. Nguyen amp Thuy T. P. Doan Department of Biology Nong Lam University Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Research Paper Land assessment is a specific requirement for the land use. Land assessment results provide the information on land types and natural Received March 11 2019 conditions land map units so that we can evaluate the suitability of Revised May 19 2019 the land area for agricultural and non-agricultural use. In agriculture Accepted June 14 2019 appropriate crops for the land area are usually designed based on the land assessment data. Ecological planning is a process of assessment evaluation and decision in order to help authorities design the ideal appropriate land area and land arrangement for agricultural and non-agricultural purposes. Tan Phuoc district in Tien Giang province is a low and alluvial agricultural area of Dong Thap Muoi. In this area Keywords the income of local people depends majorly on agricultural activities. Pineapple Ananas cosmosus with its high economic value is widely Ecological planning cultivated in Tan Phuoc and has an important impact on the income Land assessment of local people. Nevertheless most of the land area currently used for Mekong Delta pineapple production in Tan Phuoc was the land area previously used Pineapple for cultivation of other crops. Due to this poor land resource planning Sustainable development the yield of pineapple was low and the land and environment were polluted. An adequate land assessment for Tan Phuoc is therefore highly needed so that an ecological planning for pineapple would be properly to improve the yield of pineapple conserve the environment and support the sustainable development in Tan Phuoc. Corresponding author Nguyen Thi Mai Email ngtpmai@ Cited as Nguyen M. T amp Doan T. T. P. 2019 . .
