AGROECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF LAND SUITABILITY AND CAPABILITY IN SOME DESERTIC FRINGES IN EL-GIZA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT.

 An agro ecological land quality evaluation of Land suitability and capability in some Desertic Fringes in El-Giza Governorate was determined using the MicroLEIS IP (Integrated Package), which included the assessment of the general land use capability(Cervatana model) , land suitability for different agriculture crops(Almagra model). According to the model prediction, most of the studied area was classified as (S3lb), which indicate moderate capability with soil being the limiting factor. Land included in this class has certain topographic and climatic limitations, which somewhat reduce the productive capability of certain crops. The geo-spatial distribution of the soil suitability in the studied area indicate that more than 10% is classified as the optimum suitable soils (S1) for cotton cultivation. On the other hand, more than 7% is classified as the optimum suitable soils (S1) for sugar beat  and more than 20% is classified as (S2) for cotton, sugar beat, peach, citrus, sun flower, alfa alfa, potato and soybean cultivation, however the mapping unitsEP31, EP32 and EP33 indicate poor suitability for all selected crops (S4 and S5) due to their high content of coarse fragments, moreover, the excessively drainage condition and the high content of calcium carbonate and salts. Accept that, they have moderate suitable to cultivate Olive. Furthermore, the model predicted the approximately 36 to 40% of the studied area has moderate suitability (S3) for olive, wheat, maize and melon.