This study aims to assess Agro-climatic suitability for Cumin producing in East-Azerbaijan province based on GIS spatial analysis technique. For this goal, several criteria including soil conditions, climatologically indicators, topography situation and agro-climatology
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This study aims to assess Agro-climatic suitability for Cumin producing in East-Azerbaijan province based on GIS spatial analysis technique. For this goal, several criteria including soil conditions, climatologically indicators, topography situation and agro-climatology criteria were taken into account of modeling process. The methodology was performed based on GIS spatial analysis. For this to happen, standardization process was performed on criteria and weighting process was done using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) approach. GIS based multicriteria decision analysis was employed for weighted overlapping of indicators and results were achieved based on GIS- Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) method. Initial results indicated that East-Azerbaijan province has potential for cultivating of Cumin. Based on results, Cumin plant can be cultivated in Mianeh, Shabestar, Maragheh, Marand, Sahand, Sarab, Varzrghan, Kaleybar and Bostan Abad regions which are classified in suitable category. Also, the rest regions indicated moderate potential for this purpose. Finally, about 2561151 ha of this province has high suitability, 2017916 ha has moderate suitability. Lacks of enough attention to the feasibility assessment of Cumin plant in this province, results of this research are great of importance for the purpose of regional planning in East-Azerbaijan province.
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