National Land Suitability Framework · Kingdom of Saudi Arabia · Crop Specification Grid
Crop Optimal Specifications
All 63 crops in the suitability database, grouped by agricultural type, with their optimal specification against the suitability elements. Values are the S1 (optimal) bands from FAO ECOCROP. Cells shown await threshold migration from the ALUES / Sys et al. source tables; the 7 Saudi-priority crops (★) carry fully verified specifications.
Crops
63 · 9 groups
Verified specs
7 Saudi-priority ★
Columns
9 specifications
Source
FAO ECOCROP · ALUES
CropThermal °CcFrost °CcRain mm/ycCycle dcSoil pHnTexturesDepthsSalinityzDrainagew
Cereals & Grains9
Barley
Maize
Millets
Rainfed bunded rice
Irrigated rice
Rice under natural floods
Rainfed upland rice
Sorghum
Wheat
Fruits, Nuts & Trees21
Avocado
Banana
Cashew
Citrus
Coconut
Guava
Longan
Mango
Olive
Papaya
Peach
Pear
Persimmon
Pineapple
Plum
Date palm
Phoenix dactylifera
26–45-4200–300365–3656.5–8medium, lightdeep (>>150 cm)low (<4 dS/m)well (dry spells)
Grape
Vitis vinifera
18–30-3700–850160–2705.5–7.5medium, organicdeep (>>150 cm)low (<4 dS/m)well (dry spells)
Pomegranate
Punica granatum
23–320900–1200180–3656.5–7.5heavy, mediumdeep (>>150 cm)low (<4 dS/m)well (dry spells)
Fig
Ficus carica
16–26-1700–1500120–3006–7mediumdeep (>>150 cm)low (<4 dS/m)well (dry spells)
Apricot
Prunus armeniaca
14–35-1900–1300180–2406.5–7mediumdeep (>>150 cm)low (<4 dS/m)well (dry spells)
Almond
Prunus amygdalus
12–35-1600–900150–2406.5–7mediummedium (50-150 cm)low (<4 dS/m)well (dry spells)
Vegetables7
Cabbage
Carrot
Cucumber
Onion
Green pepper
Tomato
Watermelon
Pulses & Legumes6
Beans
Chickpea
Cowpea
Groundnut / peanut
Pea
Soybean
Roots & Tubers3
Cassava
Sweet potato
Potato
Oil & Fibre5
Castor bean
Oil palm
Safflower
Sesame
Sunflower
Beverage3
Arabica coffee
Robusta coffee
Tea
Industrial & Other7
Bamboo
Cinnamon
Cocoa
Cotton
Rubber
Sugarcane
Tobacco
Forage2
Alfalfa
Rhodes grass
Chloris gayana
20–37-1600–1500150–2104.5–7heavy, mediumdeep (>>150 cm)low (<4 dS/m)well (dry spells)
verified spec · FAO ECOCROP pending ALUES threshold migration column subs: c climate · n nutrient · s soil · z salinity · w water
optimal (S1) bands · 63 crops · 9 groups · FAO Bulletin 55
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