The Study of Potential of Dry Farming Wheat Cultivation in Golestan Province by Using Geographic Information System (GIS)

A significant factor that has always been placed at the forefront of people's attention during various periods of history has been "climatic conditions”. The reason of this seems to be the salient effect of the elements of climate on people's lifestyle, especially on the type of their agricultural productions. Thus, a prerequisite for any agricultural activity to occur in a given area is to be completely aware of how the agricultural activities of that specific area are in conformity with its climatic conditions and the soil factors. Therefore, it is of high importance to know the effects of atmospheric elements (including rain, soil, sun and wind) on the growth of plants and the output of agricultural products. Having a proper understanding about the environmental conditions of each area can help farmers to have a prompt cultivation and to satisfy the needs of the plant during its growth period; hence, performing a suitable assistance to both qualitative and quantitative development of crops. What is important and seems necessary to be mentioned now is that there is a high correlation between the amount of agricultural crops produced, especially dry faming wheat, and appropriateness of climatic conditions, i.e. the amount of rain and snow coming down to the ground.