IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT) e-ISSN: 2319-2402,p- ISSN: 2319-2399.Volume 13, Issue 12 Ser. I (December. 2019), PP 21-27 www.iosrjournals.org DOI: 10.9790/2402-1312012127 www.iosrjournals.org 21 | Page Mapping Area Suitable For Rice Framing Using Remote Sensing And Gis In Suru Local Government Area Of Kebbi State. 1 Surv. ADEWALE Adebayo, 2 OLOGE Oluwatoyin 1 Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics, Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi 2 Department of Applied Geophysics, Federal University Birnin Kebbi Corresponding Author; Surv. Adewale Adebayo Abstract: Mapping is a processing of delinating an area either on, under or above the earth surface, mapping of an area for the pupose of rice farming is not a common phenomeno in Nigeria. This work therefore seeks to use the Remote sensing and Geographic Information Sysytem (GIS) to map area suitable for rice farming within Suru Local Government Area of Kebbi State. Soil test was carried out in Thirty (30) different locations, Eighteen (18) of which meet up with both the physical and Chemical criterial for determing area suitable for rice farming. Suru local government was carved out of the map of kebbi state, Landsat 8 OLI was download from USGS, the study area was clipped, processed and classified into two board categories using supervied classification, the Area suitable for rice farming delinated as Silt Clay area and the unsuitable area which covers water bodies, roads, forest and other soil that does not meet up the conditions for determining suitable area delinated as others. The result shows that 34.34% (520,799,000m 2 =52079.9 Hectares) of the total landmass can be used for rice farming. If all other conditions are favorable, about 7,811,985bags of rice will be harvested, an equivalent ofOne Hundred and Thirty- Two Billion, Eight Hundred and Three Million, Seven Hundred and forty-five Thousand Naira (N132, 803,745,000.00) if a bag of 50Kg rice is sold for N17,000.00 each. This is a huge source of revenue generation for the State. Ground truth was carried to conform the result obtained from the classification. 9 out of the 10 location proved that the result obtained is true. It is recommended that the government of the State should consider using this method for mapping all other sources of revenue generation for sustainable development. Keyword: - Rice Farming, Remote Sensing, GIS, Soil --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of Submission: 28-11-2019 Date of acceptance: 13-12-2019 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Introduction In the early ‘50s, before the discovery of oil in 1956 and its full exploitation between the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, Nigeria economy is run purely on Agriculture; production of Cotton, Groundnut and mostly cereal food in the North, Cocoa, yam, and other in the South west, Oil, rubber and the likes in the South East and in the Middle belt majorly yam and rice. From 1975, the county began to import common food such as rice, cassava and other stable food for consummation. Since then the Agricultural sector has being witnessing setbacks, around the closure of the ‘90s, the government began to privatize most of its own company and industries as a result of the bum in the oil sector and the abandonment of the Agricultural sector, some of the Company/ Industries sold are communication(NITEL), transportation (Railways and Airways), Power (NEPA) etc. Between the 20th and 21st century Austerity was introduced, a policy involving an increase in tax, cutting down on expenditure or both. This attempt was to curb or reduce hard times, but rather drives the country’s economy to a stiffer end. Grace (2018) stated that the total landmass of Nigeria is about 77.7% of which 33.3% is arable, out of the 33.3%, 7.4% occupies permanent crops and 9.0% forest. As far as 2014, 70% of the non oil sector contribution to the country’s GDP is through agriculture. Agriculture also serve as a major employer of labour and helps to alleviate poverty sincemajority of the population depend on income from Agriculture. After the recovery from recession the Mohammad Buhari led administration has sought for ways of diversifying from the oil sector to other productive sectors for revenue generation, in so doing the Anchor Borrower Program (ABP) was introduced in 2015 this is to pull out peasant farmers from poverty and provide job opportunity for millions of youth. As published by daily trust 2015, Governor Atiku Bagudu announced a plan to open up rice farming in the state in other to take advantage of the rich fadama land scape in the state which passes across many of the local government as part of the revolution to diversify the State’s economic and reduce the importation of rice into the country. This has attracted many investors into the State, and led to the establishment of WACOT rice Factory Company in Argungu. The Federal Government in an attempt to support the State launched different