Changing the agricultural map of Diyala Governorate for the years (1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020)
using GIS and remote sensing
Key words: Iraq
agricultural map
urban sprawl
vegetation cover.
The
Abstract. Geographical and remote sensing, which gave a picture of the change in the area of agricultural land in the study area for selected years (1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020). In particular and Iraq in general, as this led to a reduction in the areas of agricultural lands and in return an increase in arid lands and their desertifica- tion and the loss of their productive value, which as a result leads to the migration of the population, the change of land sex, the failure to achieve food security and dependence on the import of the food basket.