Land Evaluation for Maize Based on Fuzzy Set and Interpolation

Environmental Management

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 226-238

  Braimoh, Ademola K ^a   Vlek, Paul L G ^a   Stein, Alfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Block kriging; Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy set; Ghana; Land suitability index; Maize

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); INTERPOLATION; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEMANTICS; SOILS;

LAND STABILITY; SEMANTIC IMPORT (SI) MODELS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CROP YIELD; KRIGING; LAND EVALUATION; MAIZE; SOIL QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GHANA; LAND DRAINAGE; LAND USE; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL QUALITY; TECHNIQUE;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; FORECASTING; FUZZY LOGIC; GHANA; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLICY MAKING; RURAL POPULATION; ZEA MAYS;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 2442434754     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0171-6     Document Type: Article

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