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Purposed
Indicator Used
Suitability classes
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Methodology
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Biophysical suitability
Degradation (Productivity
perspective,
Land availability
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Soil depth: > 50 cm is high potential; < 50 cm
is not suitable.
Soil type: Silt loam; sandy clay loam; silty clay
loam; clay loam (wet & dry inceptisol; oxisol)
Sandy loam (alfisol); sandy loam, clay loam,
clay (ultisol) are high potential; Sandy clay; silt
(spodosol; entisol) are potential; Heavy clay;
sand (histosol) are not suitable.
Soil drainage: Good; moderately good are
high potential; Excessive; poor are potential;
Very excessive; very poor; stagnant are not
suitable.
Soil acidity: pH 46.5 is high potential; pH 3.5
4 and 6.57 is potential; pH < 3.5 and > 7 is not
suitable.
Financial viability: Minimum 5,000 hectares
and Accessible by road or river are priority
factor.
Legal: All legal classifications aside from
conservation
areas that were classified as not suitable and
No known active concession are legal priority
factor.
Field assessment.
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