Land and v.trter resource suir,1bilif}3 assessment plays an important role iJ1 maintaining anti developing land and water use 011 a spatial basis. 1Jiis paper ;dcnt(fics th« evaluation of land suitability ./~')I' irrigation intensification. Thi!: research project u:as curried out in ~111d,1sa wutershed river cutchments. around sinuhem Babir Dur cu», north western Estuopl«. The stud» area covers 6/i 20. 36ha of land. The mm of this sluc/y 'l'tJS lo analyze the waler and land resources potential and managemesu in river catchment» of .41ul1.1 v 'a watershed for irrigation suittthifil)i by using (je~aphic !1iforn1a1ian s:~"!ilen1 f(T/.\'j t.uu./ remote ,\'(!n.\ir1g. ffl~tersho!tl dehneation, ulentification ~~f potensial irri,<!;ahle laud, and socio-economic factors that influence the lt.\e (~j·sur/Uc~ irrixt.1li(j11 welter managemeut 'rere foltowed to onaiyze this irrigation potential. The evuiuatio« of land in terms of suitabiliry cktsses was based 011 the method as described m F/lO guideline for kr,r1d evaluarion. ,1nalyric Hierarchy Process (.4'ffP) evaluation me/hod wa.v used to evaluate rite physical land characteristics of the sl•f<ly area for surface irrigation. There are techniques, which H!er~ used to "-'1?1';!/11 and standardized tht: fouors, which are used ta evaluate the land in the study area. Tbese mclud.: Afll' pair WtS'l' combtnattou. The factors tho: were c:ons1deredfi>r evaluations of !he iand for surface irrigation include: slope. kmd use land cover, r,i,·er distance. soi! /sott type, soil texture. sqjl <h"(llnage. and soil depth). A)l"r "''t1luo1ir1g th/ physical land capability for surface irrigation suitubiliry map was dew/oped. 'J11i.< map was classified in lo J-1.n .. ·r suilc1J;i/il)' classes based 011 F,iO guitleiine. The result obtained: 75./c'f. 76ha (i2.3f> %j highly suitabl«, 25180.6/hu {.//.13%/ 111<){/er,uely suitable, 335.62/w (0.55%j . . marginully suiusble am/ 2fl006.27ha r4:..S6%j permanendv 1101 suitable. 111e GJS and RS or1a4'.\i.~ results identified trrigation pote.nth1I suitability in the watershed. 11c~sides, demographic, socio-economic. and inuitmtonai factors also hindered former'« irrigation ~1·r.uer ntanagemen: utitizauon q.f the µ01<:1,;f:'c:I. In th« bivuriote and fAJ.~Luic Regretjfon analysts results ... Sex .. f0111flj1 .:izi:, anti irrigation Jech."lnlom: user variobles l+'!'re l1igh~v stgnificanr determinant variables at P<: O.UJ whereas level o,,f e;:/:1(·-1.1t1c1s and accesses of tratning are nuJ<ler<tlel:y 'ii&rn{jiconf at P<:0.05, while the remaining variables u-ere not significant due to different constraints .. 4111or1~ ail independent variables entered in lA>J,fi.'Otie Regression 11KJdel~ the Watd vaiue respondents' of· 1rr:~{t.1!1011 technolox.y users is 1/11! hi~he.u value i6.50ii As a resulr both irrigation poteniia} suitability ((Hi./ socio-economic fi11dinp,.~ can be to help water a111.f land use planning decisions. In canclus ion. irrigation poteniicl from this figure can he increased b): t1Si11g subsnrface irrigation methods (sprinkte) and drip) i111gmio11. Finnlly it was rR.co111111ended that fiirilwr .<111dy ,,hr;u/d he cv1ul11cted on th<! e\!t1lu<1!ion <if c:ht.!1niral ;11 .. 0JX!rlk!J t>f soil. crop l-rater reqttiren1e1;r cmd envirOFlnu?nlCil fqc1nrs t?f 1!1e ~tud> arf!a JJroceedi11g to itU]Jle1ne11torio;1 of irrigc11io11 (ievelopnrenl fJr(~ie'-·1s; 1n 1!1<! srut.i). area