SUITABILITY OF AGRO-PHYSICAL ELEMENTS ON PADDY AND PULSES CULTIVATION IN THANLYIN TOWNSHIP
Abstract
- Southern District of Yangon is one of the largest crop producers especially paddy and pulses in Yangon Region. Thanlyin Township is included in the Southern District of Yangon, and contributes about 7.28 percent of the total paddy sown area of the district. Pulses are second important crop after paddy in the Thanlyin Township and it represents 12.02 percent of the total purses cultivated area of Southern District of Yangon. This paper highlights on the physical factors for assessing the suitability of crops. Generally, Thanlyin Township has suitable conditions for paddy and pulses cultivation such as favorable climate conditions with sufficient rainfall, large amount of meadow soil areas and level topographic condition. The spatial distributional pattern of crops cultivation and the potential suitable areas for crops cultivation are analyzed by using remote sensing technique and Arc Map GIS 10 software.
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Year
- 2020
Author
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Ohnmar Myat Htoo
Subject
- Geography
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)