Village Level Geo-Environmental Assessment of Soil Site Suitability for
Grapes Cultivation Using Geospatial Techniques
Abstract
Using soil survey database, the current study aims to determine the
optimum feasible land surface for grape cultivation in order to increase
and optimize production. Proper management of land resources requires
micro-level assessment. The study area is village Rahud in the
drought-prone zone of Nashik district, Maharashtra, India. The village’s
current land use and land cover data point to proper soil resource
management for fallow land reclamation. The revenue map was used to
create the base map. The NBSS and LUP criteria are used to assess the
suitability of a soil location for grape production. The study area’s
varied land use/cover and slope components were used to gather detailed
soil samples and measure soil hydrological parameters. The spatial
variation of soil physical, chemical, and hydrological parameters was
assessed using soil sample collection and analysis. To assess
quantitative and spatial variation of soil suitability for grape
cultivation Geoinformatics and statistical approaches were used. The
standards raster database was used for ranking and parametric evaluation
and spatial assessment. Highly suitable land accounts 22.95 % of the
entire village, moderately suitable land is 27.11 % and marginally
suitable land covers 22.67 %. Fallow land contains marginally
appropriate classes and is ideal for converting into suitable class
application if the proper soil measures followed.