Land Development : A Fundamental of Sustainable Agriculture


Land Development Department Services

Detail of Soil Information

Currently Soil Data

Soil Data of Land Development Department is in report form, map in many levels namely

- Country Reconnaissance data
  Soil Map scale 1 : 1,000,000
- Regional Detailed reconnaissance data
  Soil map scale 1 : 500,000
- Province Semi-detail data
  Soil map scale 1 : 50,000
- Amphoe or Project Semi-detail data
  Soil map scale 1 : 25,000
- Farm Level Detail data
  Soil map scale 1 : 5,000
  • Data in country level, Regional and Province have done and it has maps already.
  • Amphoe level is doing now and Farm Level depends on requirement.
  • Country and Regional Level use for decision making and agriculture planning.
  • Province : It used for agriculture planning in province level. It explaines moderate soil suitability and unsuitability for agriculture or economic plant. Including to determine zone for soil management, utilization.
  • Recently data of provinces level are complete of Soil group scale 1 : 50,000 and Soil Series scale 1:50,000.
Report of soil suitability for economic plant
scale 1 : 50,000
- Report
This report shows map of soil group,suitability class and limitation of each cash crops.
-Alternative cropping
Recomendation to farmer which is following rehabilitate agriculture planning.
Improvement production structure which is followed government strategy.
-It can find at
Office of Agriculture, Library, Information Center of province, amphoe,and tambon.

Report : Management of Soil Group No.

- Report
Giving data for management of each soil group no._ including to soil preparing, maintenance, soil and water management, forcast production,etc,.
- Utilization
It should be used paraellel with report of soil suitability map for economic plant scale 1 : 50,000. It will be clear to recommend to farmer for decision making.
- It can find at
Office of Agriculture of province, Amphoe, and office of Land Development Department.