We present a systematic framework for nationwide crop suitability assessment within the UK to improve resilience in cropping systems and nutrition security of population. An initial analysis was performed using data from 1842 crops at 2862 grid locations UK, climate (temperature rainfall) soil (pH, depth, texture) Met Office British Geological Survey. In second phase, additional qualitative qua...

Biological invasions and land-use changes are two major causes of the global modifications of biodiversity. Habitat suitability models are the tools of choice to predict potential distributions of invasive species. Although land-use is a key driver of alien species invasions, it is often assumed that land-use is constant in time. Here we combine historical and present day information, to evalua...

The increasing global demand for food has forced farmers to produce higher crop yields in order keep up with population growth, while maintaining sustainable production the environment. As knowledge about natural cropland suitability is mandatory achieve this, aim of this paper provide a review methods prediction according abiotic environmental criteria. conventional method calculating previous...

There are three main objectives of this monograph: (i) to provide an introduction to geographical information technology along with an historical perspective on the evolving role of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in planning, (ii) to overview relevant methods and techniques for GISbased land-use suitability mapping and modeling, and (iii) to identify the trends, challenges and prospects o...

It is vital for farmers to know if their land suitable the crops that they plan grow. An increasing number of studies have used machine learning models based on use data as an efficient means mapping suitability. This approach relies assumption grow in best-suited areas, but no systematically tested this assumption. We aimed test specialty Denmark. First, we mapped suitability 41 using learning...

The promotion of biodiversity in agricultural areas involves actions at the landscape scale, and the management of cropping patterns is considered an important means of achieving this goal. However, most of the available knowledge about the impact of crops on biodiversity has been obtained at the field scale, and is generally grouped together under the umbrella term "crop suitability." Can fiel...

In order to reduce soil erosion and desertification, the Sloping Land Conversion Program has been conducted in China for more than 15 years, and large areas of farmland have been converted to forest and grassland. However, this large-scale vegetation-restoration project has faced some key problems (e.g. soil drying) that have limited the successful development of the current ecological-recovery...

Euschistus servus (Say), Chinavia hilaris (Say), and Nezara viridula (L.) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) are economic pests of row crops. They move within and between closely associated crop and non-crop habitats throughout the growing season in response to deteriorating suitability of their current host plants. This study was conducted to investigate parasitism of naturally occurring C. hilaris and...

Biogas production is of major importance for the sustainable use of agrarian biomass as renewable energy source. Economic biogas production depends on high biogas yields. The project aimed at optimising anaerobic digestion of energy crops. The following aspects were investigated: suitability of different crop species and varieties, optimum time of harvesting, specific methane yield and methane ...