Content: The course exposes students to definition of land evaluation terminologies, types of land evaluation and review of soil properties of importance to agriculture. The course introduces students to soil survey for agricultural and non-agricultural uses, soil maps and land improvement, methodology of land evaluation for agriculture, the role of land evaluation in development planning, evaluation at the local, regional and national scales, soil suitability classification, land capability classification and land productivity rating.

Objective: 
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
1.    Understand the concepts and procedures of land evaluation
2.    Employ data to substantiate suitability of soil and land for specific purposes.

 Reading materials
1.    Dent, D. and Young, A. 1981. Soil Survey and Land Evaluation. Allen and Unwin, London.
2.    FAO. 1988. FAO-UNESCO Soil Map of the World. Revised Legend. World Soil Resources Report 60. FAO, Rome.
3.    Webster, R. and Oliver, M.A. 1990. Statistical Methods in Soil and Land Resource Survey. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, UK
4.    Young, A. 1976. Tropical Soil Survey. Cambridge Univ. Press