Physical land suitability assessment based on FAO framework

摘要: The land should be evaluated broadly based on physical and environmental condition. This paper provides the user with a flexible method to evaluate the land based on FAO framework (1976). The method presented in the FAO (1976) is used to provide the physical suitability assessment. The framework was adapted to suit the Malaysian agricultural requirements focusing particularly on mango cultivation in Terengganu as a practical case study. The selection of land qualities and land characteristics were pursued by carefully considering the available data, texts, and literature. Three criteria were used to select the land qualities, which are the effects of land quality upon use, occurrence of critical values for the land quality within the study area and the practicability of obtaining information on the land quality. The land suitability classification will be determined by overlaying thematic maps and by analyzing attribute …