Introduction

• The technique which allows determination of the most suitable use for any area of land is called land classification.
• Land may be classified according to its present land use, its suitability for a specific crop under the existing forms of management, its capability for producing crops or combinations of crops under optimum management, or its suitability for non-agricultural types of land use.
• The purpose of land capability classification systems is to study and record all data relevant to finding the combination of agricultural and conservation measures which would permit the most intensive and appropriate agricultural use of the land without undue danger of soil degradation.