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Site Characterization,
Evaluation and Suitability
AGRICULTURE 32
Fundamentals of Crop Science II
Analysis
Exercise no. 1
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P phenotype
G genotype
E environment
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Site Characterization involves the gathering of information describing the biophysical and
✓the process of describing the biological, physical, social, and economic socio-economic condition of a site and determination of issues,
environment vulnerability, and opportunities for development.
Evaluation
✓analytical assessment
✓determine the importance, effectiveness, or worth of;
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It will dictate:
Allocation of scarce development investments in agriculture is
✓Cost of production manipulated by the perceived potential of the land as portrayed
✓Farm operations by site characterization methods (Corbett, 1990).
✓Harvesting and transport
✓Accessibility to inputs
Corbett, J.D., S.N. Collis, and R.F. O'Brien, 1998. Almanac characterization tool for Angola,
Sierra Leone, and Liberia. A USAID OFDA CD-ROM publication. A resource base for
characterizing the agricultural and natural environments including a digital library.
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University, Blackland Research Center
Report No. 98-02, April 1998, documentation and CD-ROM.
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• principle of arithmetic modelling: the fact that each land quality has an
independent influence on suitability means that land qualities can be
assigned values and manipulated arithmetically to provide a numerical
assessment of overall suitability.
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Group 3 (Worksheet 1.4 Physical Factors - Group 4 (Agromet Station) Equipment Purpose Reading Other relevant
(manual/automatic, information
N, P, K, pH) • Conduct interview
frequency – hourly, daily)
• Soil sampling and analysis • Name of in-charge
• Establish the perimeter of the site • Number of staff
• Follow the soil sampling procedure in • Equipment available
the manual • Purpose
• Analyze the soil based on Soil Test Kit • Frequency of reading
(STK) • Other relevant information
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4. Available weather data in the UPLB Equipment, purpose, others Group Drainage
Agromet Station (Group 4) Elevation
5. Answers to Study Questions Individual
Slope
PF Average
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Next meeting:
• Post-lab discussion on Exercise 1
• Exercise 2 – Land preparation and Field Practices for Upland
Crops
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