Fig 1.
Rainfall and temperature distribution of the study area.
Table 1.
Summary of data sources and their purpose.
Table 2.
Software types and their purposes.
Table 3.
Environmental requirements for maize, teff, and wheat under rain-fed agriculture.
Table 4.
Matrix size and Random consistency index.
Fig 2.
Conceptual framework of the study.
Table 5.
Spatial variation of soil pH.
Table 6.
Spatial variation of soil depth.
Fig 3.
Land suitability map of classified soil depth for teff, maize, and wheat.
Table 7.
Spatial variation of soil drainage.
Fig 4.
Land suitability map of classified soil drainage for teff, maize, and wheat.
Table 8.
Spatial variation of soil organic matter.
Fig 5.
Land suitability map of classified soil organic matter for teff, maize, and wheat.
Table 9.
Spatial variation of soil texture.
Fig 6.
Land suitability map of classified soil texture for teff, maize, and wheat.
Table 10.
Spatial variation of elevation.
Fig 7.
Land suitability map of classified elevation for teff, maize, and wheat.
Table 11.
Spatial variation of slope.
Fig 8.
Land suitability map of classified slope for teff, maize, and wheat crops.
Table 12.
Spatial variation of rainfall.
Fig 9.
Land suitability map of classified rainfall for teff, maize, and wheat crops.
Table 13.
Spatial variation of temperature.
Table 14.
LULC types of the study area.
Fig 10.
Land suitability map of classified temperature for teff, maize, and wheat crops.
Fig 11.
LULC types and their area proportions for Mansa Watershed.
Fig 12.
Land suitability map of classified LULC for teff, maize, and wheat crops.
Table 15.
Accuracy assessment.
Table 16.
LULC class with respective suitability for the selected crop.
Table 17.
Area coverage of land suitability for selected cereal crops in the watershed.
Table 18.
Suitable land allocation and area coverage for selected cereal crops.
Fig 13.
Land suitability map classified soil depth for teff.
Fig 14.
Land suitability map classified soil depth for maize crop.
Fig 15.
Land suitability map classified soil depth for wheat crop.
Fig 16.
Appropriate Land Allocation Map with their Respective Degree of Suitability in Mansa watershed (2022) (Note: S2 = moderately suitable, S3 = marginally suitable, N1 = currently not suitable, Tf = Teff, Mz = Maize, Wt = Wheat).