New Arable Land Quality of Xinyuan in Ili River Valley
To provide a reference for quality assessment of new arable land in river valley of arid region in Xinjiang and developing new high quality arable land,quality of new arable land of ten projects in Xinyuan was assessed using comprehensive evaluation method.Results showed that compared with the average level of arable land quality in Ili River Valley,natural quality and use quality of the new arable land in Xinyuan were better,and economic quality was low.For new arable land in Ili River Valley,the major obstacles for its utilization was low level water resource utilization,shelterbelts network,artificial fertilization and management and high level soil salinization.Considering the quality influencing factors,countermeasures including strengthening management,improving fertilization skills and farm infrastructure construction and reasonably adjusting agricultural structure should be applied in the development of new arable land in Ili River Valley to ensure the quality improvement and rational utilization of the new arable land.
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