TITLE:
Investigating the Effect of Climatic Factors of Roshtkhar Town (Khorasan Razavi, Iran) on the Development and Cultivation of Pistachio Using GIS Software
AUTHORS:
Hassan Rahmanpour, Esmail Arjomand, Fatemeh Akrami, Mahdi K. Hoshtinat
KEYWORDS:
Pistachio, Roshtkhar City, Prone Areas, Environmental Factors (Climate and Natural), Geographical Information Systems
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Geology,
Vol.6 No.8,
August
30,
2016
ABSTRACT: The
use of Geographic Information System (GIS) has significantly helped managers
provide optimal models of sustainable
agricultural development, identify local features related to agricultural production and their proper zoning,
identify agricultural needs and constraints and finally provide the appropriate structure of land use. The main
purpose of this study was to determine areas capable of cultivating Pistachio according to the parameters affecting the Pistachio cultivation in Roshtkhar town.
Statistics of meteorological stations of the town were taken from Meteorology Organization of Khorasan Razavi for the
period of 1989-2010 in order to determine climatic parameters required to
cultivate Pistachio. For mapping surface elevation, slope, aspect, and TIN of the geographic organization of armed forces with a
scale of 1:250,000 topographic maps were used. For mapping vegetation
and land use in the area under study, land capability map of the area on a scale of 1:250,000 from the institute of soil and
water was used. Also information on cultivation and annual production of
agricultural statistics, published by Agriculture was used. Finally, it was concluded that the northeast and southwest of
Roshtkhar town are the most prone areas to cultivate Pistachio.