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Crops grow best in locations where conditions meet their growth requirements like elevation, slope, aspect, soil, land cover, and many other climatic factors. So, a land suitability analysis (LSA) of Malus domestica in West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh, India, was attempted using an integrated approach of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), Weighted Overlay Analysis (WOA), and Geographic Information System (GIS). Based on literature survey and farmer's opinion, the elevation, slope, aspect, annual temperature, rainfall, soil type, soil drainage, and land use/land cover (LULC) criteria were considered important for M. domestica cultivation in the area. AHP method was applied to score the criteria using available literature and interview with the local experts. Elevation scored the highest weight of 0.321 followed by temperature with 0.243. The weights of other criteria in parenthesis are slope and LULC 0.13 each, aspect and rainfall 0.060 each, and soil type and soil drainage 0.028 each. The results showed that 8.12% (392.98 km 2 ) of the study area is highly suitable for M. domestica cultivation while 20.59% (996.08 km 2 ) is not suitable. Rest of the area constituting 71.2

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Author

Karma Chozom; Gibji Nimasow

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)