GIS application for land capability survey in Hungary
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During the present transformation of Hungarian agriculture land as a commodity is also being included into the market economy. Since a higher level of mechanisation or fertilisation cannot be envisaged under the present economic conditions, the natural fertility of land tends to become - along with numerous economic factors - a major component of land prices. In order to promote the optimal design of crop pattern, a land capability survey and agroecological zoning project was launched. The procedure consists of three phases: establishment of a computer database; constructing suitability indicators for the major crops and comparing them with land conditions; delimitations of agroecotopes and agroecological zones.
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