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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Agricultural land suitability analysis of Southern Punjab, Pakistan using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) techniques

Sajjad Hussaina Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari Campus, Vehari, PakistanView further author information
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Wajid Nasimb Department of Agronomy, University College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB), Bahawalpur, PakistanView further author information
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Muhammad Mubeenc Department of Biotechnology, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari Campus, Vehari, PakistanView further author information
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Shah Fahadd Department of Agronomy, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, PakistanView further author information
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Aqil Tariqe Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, College of Forest Resources, Mississippi State University, MS, USA;f State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University (LIESMARS), Wuhan, ChinaView further author information
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Shankar Karuppannang Department of Applied Geology, School of Applied Natural Science, Adama Science and Technology University, Adama, Ethiopia; Department of Research Analytics, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaView further author information
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Saeed Alqadhih Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Javed Mallickh Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Hussein Almohamadi Department of Geography, College of Arabic Language and Social Studies, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Hazem Ghassan Abdoj Geography Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Tartous University, Tartous, SyriaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Article: 2294540 | Received 05 Oct 2023, Accepted 08 Dec 2023, Published online: 16 Jan 2024

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