Using the geographica information systems and remote sensing to select the optimal cropping pattern in the new lands in Fayoum government

Abstract EN

The development plans in Egypt mainly aim at increasing the area of the agricultural area in order to compensate for the loss of agricultural land that has been lost, in order to work to bridge the gap between food production.

a strategy involving the placement of cropping structure that maximizes net yield and uses the least amount of water.

the research aims to analyze the situation in the new lands in terms of identifying the newly reclaimed areas in the new lands in Fayoum governorate, identifying the crops suitable for cultivation, and studying the available resources in order to develop a development plan that guarantees an optimal crop composition that maximizes the net yield and uses the least amount of water.

in the study, sensing technology was used.

remote and geographic information systems in obtaining satellite visuals, which were analyzed to reach spatial (GIS) maps of the land cover.

a cadastral (GIS) map was derived in (2021) as a data source for the land cover areas, and a cadastral map (GIS) was also derived with the areas of the new agricultural lands under study and the areas of the old agricultural lands.

the (GIS) map was also derived as a model that shows the most suitable agricultural crops suitable for cultivation in new lands.

among the most important findings of the study are the following : 1-the study reached an accurate determination of the area of new cultivable lands through cadastral (GIS) maps using geographic information systems and remote sensing technology, which amounts to about 29.16 thousand feddans.

2-maps (GIS) of the most suitable crops suitable for cultivation in the new lands in Fayoum governorate were obtained in the winter, summer and Nile seasons, using geographic information technology and remote sensing, as they were represented in three crops in the winter season, which are (wheat, beet, and winter clover).

there are four crops in the summer season (tomatoes, potatoes, cotton, and sunflowers), and three crops in the Nile season (maize, sorghum, and onions).

3-the study reached a model of optimum cropping composition that maximizes net yield and uses the least amount of water in the light of the available resource constraints, through the use of programming goals.

also, about 124.897 million cubic meters of the total available quantities of water resources, amount to about 166.21 million cubic meters.