Land use Planning and Geo Informatics

Ensure efficient and systematic utilization of land and water resources for agriculture development through the application of information technology, geo-information and remote sensing technology.

• Development and maintenance of national and local spatial data on land and water resources

• Development of planning tools and aids for resources management at the national and local levels.

• Investigate possibilities of forecasting agricultural activities by satellite images

• Land-use planning & crop suitability assessment

• Awareness creation among agricultural planners, managers and other officers on the application of geo-information and remote sensing for land and water resource management

• Coordination and mapping of crop diversification potentials