VILLAGE LEVEL GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF SOIL SITE SUITABILITY FOR GRAPES CULTIVATION USING GEOSPATIAL TECHNIQUES

Abstract

The current study uses a soil survey database to determine the optimum feasible land surface for grape cultivation to increase and optimize production. Because proper management of land resources requires micro-level assessment, the study area chosen is village Rahud in the drought-prone zone of Nashik district, North Maharashtra, India. The village's current land use and land cover data point to proper soil resource management for fallow land reclamation. In the Nashik district, grapes are an important cash crop