Land suitability assessment for potential surface irrigation of river catchment for irrigation development in Kansai watershed, Purulia, West Bengal, India

Aguilar-Manjarrez J, Ross LG (1995) Geographical information system (GIS) environmental models for aquaculture development in Sinaloa State, Mexico. Aquacult Int 3(2):103–115

Banik S, Nandi R (2004) Effect of supplementation of rice straw with biogas residual slurry manure on the yield, protein and mineral contents of oyster mushroom. Ind Crops Prod 20(3):311–319

Boateng E (2005) Geographic information systems (GIS) as a decision support tool for land suitability assessment for rice production in Ghana. West Afr J Appl Ecol 7:69–81

District Statistical Hand book, Purulia (2006) Bureau of Applied Economics and Statistics, Government of West Bengal

FAO (1976) A framework for land evaluation. FAO Soils Bulletin No. 32. FAO, Rome

FAO (1979) Land evaluation criteria for irrigation. Report of an Expert Consultation, 27 February-2 March, 1979. World Soil Resources Report No. 50. FAO Rome 219

FAO (1987) Irrigation and water resources potential for Africa. FAO AGL/MISC/11/87

FAO (1990) Guidelines for soil profile description, 3rd edn. AGLS, FAO, Rome

FAO (1991) Land use planning applications. In: Proceedings of the FAO Expert Consultation, 1990

FAO (1993) Guidelines for land use planning. Development Series 1, FAO, Rome

FAO (1995) Use of remote sensing techniques in irrigation and drainage. French Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, Rome

FAO (1997) Irrigation potential in Africa: a basin approach FAO Land and Water Bulletin, 4. Paper No. 56 Rome, Italy

FAO (2003) Unlocking the water potential of Agriculture, Rome, Italy

Fasina AS, Awe GO, Aruleba JO (2008) Irrigation suitability evaluation and crop yield—an example with Amaranthus cruentus in Southwestern Nigeria. Afr J Plant Sci 2(7):061–066

Government of West Bengal. (2006). District statistical hand book of Purulia, Bureau of Applied Economics and Statistics, Govt. of West Bengal ( http://www.purulia.gov.in )

Hailegebriel S (2007) Irrigation potential evaluation and crop suitability analysis using GIS and remote sensing technique in Beles Sub basin, Beneshangul Gumez Region. MSc thesis, Addis Ababa University

Jaruntorn B, Det W, Katsutoshi S (2004) GIS based land suitability assessment for Musa. Graduate School of Agricultural science, Ethime University, Japan

Keiser JE, Utzinger J, Singer BH (2002) The potential of intermittent irrigation for increasing rice yields, lowering water consumption, reducing methane emissions, and controlling malaria in African rice fields. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 18(4):329–340

Lillesand TM, Kiefer RW (1994) Remote sensing and photo interpretation. Wiley, New York, p 750

Lillesand TM, Kiefer RW, Chipman J (2000) Remote sensing and image analysis. Wiley, New York

Lillesand T, Kiefer RW, Chipman J (2014) Remote sensing and image interpretation. Wiley, New York

Melaku Y (2003) Assessment of irrigation potential using GIS (geographic information system) and RS (remote sensing) for strategic planning: a case study of Raxo dam area (Portugal). MSc thesis, Enscheda, The Netherlands

Meron T (2007) Surface irrigation suitability analysis of Southern Abbay Basin by implementing GIS techniques. MSc thesis, Addis Ababa University

Panigrahy S, Manjunath KR, Ray SS (2006) Deriving cropping system performance indices using remote sensing data and GIS. Int J Remote Sens 26:2595–2606

Sathish A, Niranjana KV (2010) Land suitability studies for major crops in Pavagadataluk, Karnataka using remote sensing and GIS techniques. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 38(1):143–151

Saymen SW (2005) Performance evaluation of furrow irrigation system and GIS-based gravity irrigation suitable area map development at Godino Mariam, Debrezeit. MSc thesis, Alemaya University

Senay GB, Verdin J (2003) Characterization of yield reduction in Ethiopia using a GIS-based crop water balance model. Can J Remote Sens 29(6):687–692

UNDP/ECA/FAO (1994) Sustainable agriculture and environmental rehabilitation in Tigray (SAERT), working document. Mekelle, pp 58–123

Wagesho N, Bekele S (2004) GIS based irrigation suitability analysis (A case study of Abaya-chamo basin, southern rift valley of Ethiopia). InLake Abaya Res Symp Proc 4:79–89

Wilkinson GG (1996) A review of current issues in the integration of GIS and remote sensing. Int J Geogr Inf Syst 10:85–101

Worqlul AW, Jeong J, Dile YT, Osorio J, Schmitter P, Gerik T, Srinivasan R, Clark N (2017) Assessing potential land suitable for surface irrigation using groundwater in Ethiopia. Appl Geogr 85:1–3