| Development of Sustainable Agriculture Land-Use Index in Arid Regions using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Remote Sensing |
| Paper ID : 1132-ICRSSSA (R1) |
| Authors |
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Kamilia Hamed Hagagg * Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority |
| Abstract |
| Agriculture is considered the main pillar in the sustainable development processes in African developing countries. The availability and efficiency of land, together with the scarcity of water and energy resources, hinders the expected agriculture expansion now and in the future the resultant is food insecurity. The main objective of this paper is to give more insights in scheming of agriculture land use and management plans through integration of four factors covering the sustainable agriculture activities (land productivity, desertification sensitivity index, irrigation water quality, and renewability). To achieve this goal a combination of remote sensing (RS) and geographical information system (GIS) database for in conjugation analytical hierarchal process (AHP) approach. This sustainability index was applied in pilot area (West Edfu, Egypt) and the most favorable zone for sustainable agriculture uses was defined. The land-use and its change with time showed great usefulness a validation tool for the proposed sustainability index. The results indicate that agricultural lands decreased from an average of 21.87% of the pilot area in 2013 to about 8.06% in 2022; matching the results obtained from the sustainable agriculture land use in the areas of poor class for agriculture activity. It is recommended to add some other variables (social and economic) to that index in the future for maximization of its benefit. |
| Keywords |
| Agriculture land-use Index, Renewability of groundwater, Sustainable Agriculture development, Idfu-Aswan, Egypt. |
| Status: Accepted (Oral Presentation) |
