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LANDSYS, A Land Suitability Assessment System for Food Crop Production

Current changes in world needs for food and fiber are strongly affecting traditional farming systems in developing countries. New markets for food crops are creating opportunities for a greater agricultural diversity and, at the same time, are contributing to improve rural economy. However, information on when, where, and how to grow food crops is needed to help farmers to choose cropping systems most appropriate to their lands. LANDSYS, a Soil Taxonomy-based land assessment system, has been developed to assist farmers and extension agents to determine whether a land is suited for a specific crop and to ascertain the kinds of management inputs needed to achieve a given level of production. The principle of matching soil and environmental requirements of the crop to the characteristics of the land is the foundation of LANDSYS. This book, published in 1991, describes the conceptual framework of LANDSYS and its development and testing under a wide range of soils and environments.

Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. General Background
Chapter 3. The Framework of LANDSYS
Chapter 4. Crop Requirements
Chapter 5. Soils and Climatic Data
Chapter 6. Land Qualities
Chapter 7. Selected Land Qualities for Food Crop Production
Chapter 8. Land Assessment at Different Levels of Management Input
Chapter 9. Testing LANDSYS
Chapter 10. Summary and Conclusions
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