Proceedings Article | 29 January 2024
KEYWORDS: Modeling, Solar radiation models, Data modeling, Animal model studies, Agriculture, Climatology, Spatial analysis, Raster graphics, Process modeling, Education and training
The Caraga Region in Mindanao, Philippines, is a key contributor to fiber production due to its Abaca (Musa Textilis) plantations. In 2020, Caraga Region produced more than 14% of the country's Abaca Fiber. The most concerning difficulty for tree farmers is locating a suitable area for establishing new plantations. This study uses Ecocrop, Domain, MaxEnt, and MCDA models to generate suitability maps for abaca plantations. This study also uses a total of 395 Abaca location points distributed in the region, biophysical factors (i.e., Elevation, Soil Type, Aspect, LULC, and the like), and bioclimatic factors (i.e., Maximum and Minimum Temperature, and Annual Precipitation, among others). The result was intersected to quantify the most suitable areas using GIS spatial analysis based on the four models. The ability of the four techniques to model suitable land areas was executed and investigated. After the result of each model, it shows that 28.93 % of the total land area of the Caraga Region is suitable for abaca plantations. In terms of suitability area per province, Surigao del Sur has more Abaca suitable land area with 11.64 %, followed by Agusan del Sur, Agusan del Norte, Surigao del Norte, and Dinagat Islands containing 7.58 %, 5.39 %, 3.03%, and 1.27% respectively.
