Pilot Area in NW Iran: Highly Suitable Soils for Crops

Determine the land suitability for crops in the study area

Percentage of highly suitable soils for crops in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran. The same ratings were used for the all range of crops (barley, wheat, chickpea, olive, lentil, potato/sugarbeet, and safflower).

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

suitability, soil, barley, wheat, chickpea, lentil, olive, safflower, sugarbeet, potato

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: Highly Suitable Land for Wheat

Determine the land suitability for wheat crops in the study area

Percentage of highly suitable land (all factors combined) for wheat crops in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran. The factors, climate, soils and topography, are integrated by the method of the most limiting factor.

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

suitability, climate, topography, soil, wheat

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: Highly Suitable Land for Safflower

Determine the land suitability for safflower crops in the study area

Percentage of highly suitable land (all factors combined) for safflower crops in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran. The factors, climate, soils and topography, are integrated by the method of the most limiting factor. The map assumes that the crops are properly irrigated.

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

suitability, climate, topography, soil, safflower

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: Highly Suitable Land for Potato and Sugarbeet

Determine the land suitability for potato and sugarbeet crops in the study area

Percentage of highly suitable land (all factors combined) for potato and sugarbeet crops in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran. The factors, climate, soils and topography, are integrated by the method of the most limiting factor. The map assumes that the crops are properly irrigated.

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

suitability, climate, topography, soil, potato, sugarbeet

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: Highly Suitable Land for Lentil

Determine the land suitability for lentil crops in the study area

Percentage of highly suitable land (all factors combined) for lentil crops in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran. The factors, climate, soils and topography, are integrated by the method of the most limiting factor.

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

suitability, climate, topography, soil, lentil

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: Highly Suitable Land for Chickpea

Determine the land suitability for chickpea crops in the study area

Percentage of highly suitable land (all factors combined) for chickpea crops in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran. The factors, climate, soils and topography, are integrated by the method of the most limiting factor.

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

suitability, climate, topography, soil, chickpea

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: Highly Suitable Land for Barley

Determine the land suitability for barley crops in the study area

Percentage of highly suitable land (all factors combined) for barley crops in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran. The factors, climate, soils and topography, are integrated by the method of the most limiting factor.

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

suitability, climate, topography, soil, barley

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: Growing Degree Days

Characterization of the agro-ecological conditions in the pilot area of Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins (North-West Iran), with the view to determine the land suitability for a range of crop groups in the area

Annual growing degree days in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

agro-ecosystems, climate, degree days

Iran, pilot area, Aras, Daryacheh-Uromieh

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: Frost Onset Month

Characterization of the agro-ecological conditions in the pilot area of Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins (North-West Iran), with the view to determine the land suitability for a range of crop groups in the area

Onset months of frost period in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

agro-ecosystems, climate, frost

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: Frost End Month

Characterization of the agro-ecological conditions in the pilot area of Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins (North-West Iran), with the view to determine the land suitability for a range of crop groups in the area

Average end month of frost in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

agro-ecosystems, climate, frost

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: Frost Duration

Characterization of the agro-ecological conditions in the pilot area of Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins (North-West Iran), with the view to determine the land suitability for a range of crop groups in the area

Annual number of frost days in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

agro-ecosystems, climate, frost

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: End of Moisture-Limited Growing Period

Characterization of the agro-ecological conditions in the pilot area of Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins (North-West Iran), with the view to determine the land suitability for a range of crop groups in the area

End month of the moisture-limited growing period in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

agro-ecosystems, climate, moisture, growing period

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: End of Moisture- and Temperature-Limited Growing Period (2)

Characterization of the agro-ecological conditions in the pilot area of Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins (North-West Iran), with the view to determine the land suitability for a range of crop groups in the area

End month of the moisture- and temperature-limited growing period in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran (August to December)

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

agro-ecosystems, climate, moisture, temperature, growing period

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: End of Moisture- and Temperature-Limited Growing Period (1)

Characterization of the agro-ecological conditions in the pilot area of Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins (North-West Iran), with the view to determine the land suitability for a range of crop groups in the area

End month of the moisture- and temperature-limited growing period in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran (January to July)

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

agro-ecosystems, climate, moisture, temperature, growing period

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: End of Temperature-Limited Growing Period

Characterization of the agro-ecological conditions in the pilot area of Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins (North-West Iran), with the view to determine the land suitability for a range of crop groups in the area

End month of the temperature-limited growing period in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

agro-ecosystems, climate, temperature, growing period

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: Elevation

Characterization of the agro-ecological conditions in the pilot area of Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins (North-West Iran), with the view to determine the land suitability for a range of crop groups in the area

Elevation in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

agro-ecosystems, elevation

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins

45.602974

48.672974

39.700454

37.233788

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: Coldest Month Minimum Temperature

Characterization of the agro-ecological conditions in the pilot area of Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins (North-West Iran), with the view to determine the land suitability for a range of crop groups in the area

Mean minimum temperature of the coldest month in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

agro-ecosystems, climate, temperature, coldest month

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: Coldest Month Mean Temperature

Characterization of the agro-ecological conditions in the pilot area of Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins (North-West Iran), with the view to determine the land suitability for a range of crop groups in the area

Mean temperature of the coldest month in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

agro-ecosystems, climate, temperature, coldest month

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: Cold Period Constraint for Olive

Determine the land suitability for olive crops in the study area

Suitability of the minimum temperature of the coldest month for olive crops in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

suitability, climate, temperature, precipitation, olive

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: Climatic Similarity with Morghan

Evaluate the relative diversity in climate conditions within the study area. Characterization of the agro-ecological conditions in the pilot area of Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins (North-West Iran), with the view to determine the land suitability for a range of crop groups in the area

Relative climatic similarity (precipitation and temperature) with Morghan in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

agro-ecosystems, climate, similarity

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, Morghan

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: Climatic Similarity with Maragheh

Evaluate the relative diversity in climate conditions within the study area. Characterization of the agro-ecological conditions in the pilot area of Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins (North-West Iran), with the view to determine the land suitability for a range of crop groups in the area

Relative climatic similarity (precipitation and temperature) with Maragheh in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

agro-ecosystems, climate, similarity

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, Maragheh

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: Climatic Similarity with Arbadil

Evaluate the relative diversity in climate conditions within the study area. Characterization of the agro-ecological conditions in the pilot area of Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins (North-West Iran), with the view to determine the land suitability for a range of crop groups in the area

Relative climatic similarity (precipitation and temperature) with Ardabil in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

agro-ecosystems, climate, similarity

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, Arbadil

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: Biomass Productivity Index (Group IV - Rainfed)

Characterization of the agro-ecological conditions in the pilot area of Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins (North-West Iran), with the view to determine the land suitability for a range of crop groups in the area

Biomass productivity index for crop group IV under rainfed conditions in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

agro-ecosystems, climate, biomass productivity index, crop group 4, rainfed

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: Biomass Productivity Index (Group IV - Irrigated)

Characterization of the agro-ecological conditions in the pilot area of Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins (North-West Iran), with the view to determine the land suitability for a range of crop groups in the area

Biomass productivity index for crop group IV under rainfed and irrigated conditions in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

agro-ecosystems, climate, biomass productivity index, crop group 4, irrigated

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Pilot Area in NW Iran: Biomass Productivity Index (Group III - Rainfed)

Characterization of the agro-ecological conditions in the pilot area of Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins (North-West Iran), with the view to determine the land suitability for a range of crop groups in the area

Biomass productivity index for crop group III under rainfed conditions in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

agro-ecosystems, climate, biomass productivity index, crop group 3, rainfed

Iran, pilot area, Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224