Investigating the Possibility of Developing Rainfed Cultivation of Camelina (Camelina sativa L.) in Lorestan Province using Fuzzy Logic

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Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Payam-e- Noor, Iran

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Background & Objectives: It is necessary to know the ability of each region to introduce a new plant so that existing resources sustainably, and will increase farmers' returns on their investment. Therefore, the ability of agricultural land in Lorestan province to develop camelina rainfed cultivation was evaluated in this research.
 
Materials and Methods: Maps of the climate (rainfall during vegetative and reproductive growth, sunshine hours, minimum, maximum and average temperature), topography (elevation, slope and aspect), and soil characteristics (pH, texture, organic matter, total nitrogen, potassium and available phosphorus) were created and incorporated into the GIS system in order to look into the feasibility of extending rainfed Camelina farming. The final maps of climate, topography, fertility, and final land zoning were created after the weighted maps were combined and determined using ANP. Based on fuzzy logic, the maps were categorized into four groups: highly susceptible, susceptible, semi-susceptible, and non-susceptible.
 
Results The assessment of the importance of environmental factors influencing the rainfed cultivation of Camelina by ANP showed that the main criterion of climate had the highest influence (with a weight of 0.54), and the main criteria of soil (with a weight of 0.30) and topography (with a weight of 0.16) were in the next ranks. The results of fuzzy zoning indicated that the fuzzy value of climate was between 0.50-0.85, topography 0-1, fertility 0.42-0.99, and final zoning between 0.50-0.86, and their highest level was in the susceptible class (93.85%), highly susceptible (42.58%), highly susceptible (57.04%) and susceptible (84.96%), respectively. Among the climatic factors; average temperature (42.44%), topography; slope direction (23.78%) and soil; Available phosphorus (11.89%) caused the greatest limitation (non-susceptible class).
 
Conclusion: The final result shows that Lorestan province 's agricultural lands are highly susceptible and susceptible for rainfed Camelina agriculture. Moreover, the results of this research identified the conditions of the environmental factors of each area so that decision-makers and farmers can apply their management for the optimal utilization of the resources with necessary intelligence.
 

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Journal of Agricultural Science and Sustainable Production
Volume 35, Issue 2
July 2025
Pages 101-119

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