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Publications – Africa Soil Information Service

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Africa Soil Profiles Database, version 1.2. Works written by the AfSIS team and AfSIS affiliates. Search Resources ( Boolean. Root zone plant-available water holding capacity of the Sub-Saharan Africa soil, version 1.0. Gridded functional soil information. Leenaars, JGB, Hengl T, Ruiperez Gonzalez M, Mendes de Jesus J, Heuvelink GBM, Wolf J, van Bussel L, Claessens L, Yang H, and Cassman, KG, 2015. Developing SoilML as a global standard for the collation and transfer of soil data and information. Claesse...

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Images – Africa Soil Information Service

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Africa Soil Profiles Database, version 1.2.

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Services – Africa Soil Information Service

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Africa Soil Profiles Database, version 1.2. Dissemination and training is making the project’s outcomes accessible to farm communities, public and private extension services, national agricultural research and soil survey organizations, the fertilizer sector, project and local planners, national and regional policymakers, and scientists. The efforts in Africa are part of a wider, global effort to digitally mapthe world’s soil resources. Africa Soil Profile Database.

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Data – Africa Soil Information Service

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Africa Soil Profiles Database, version 1.2. The project area includes 17.5 million km2 of continental sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), an area that encompasses more than 90% of Africa’s human population living in 42 countries. The project area excludes hot and cold desert regions based on the recently revised Köppen-Geiger climate classification, as well as the non-desert areas of Northern Africa. New data collection uses a hierarchical sampling approach that replicates soil and other biophysical measurements a...

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Events – Africa Soil Information Service

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Africa Soil Profiles Database, version 1.2. ISRIC Spring School 2016 Wageningen UR from 9 – 13 May 2016. February 19, 2016. 5-day training course on soil mapping, classification and assessment for soil and environmental scientists. Introduction to world soils, soil databases, software for soil data analysis and visualisation, digital soil mapping and soil-web services. Deadline for registration: 21 February 2016. Global Soil Week 2015: Soil. The Substance of Transformation. April 15, 2015.

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Videos – Africa Soil Information Service

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Africa Soil Profiles Database, version 1.2. Interview with Khalid Bomba, CEO of the ATA. April 10, 2013. An Introduction to AfSIS. February 5, 2013. Novel methodologies to address pressing challenges in Africa. February 5, 2013. AfSIS innovations to create Africa’s digital soil map. Vital Soil: Why is soil important? February 5, 2013. December 17, 2012. MODIS Land Surface Temperature. December 17, 2012. December 17, 2012.

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Partnerships – Africa Soil Information Service

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Africa Soil Profiles Database, version 1.2. AfSIS is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and is supported by close scientific, operational and implementation partnerships with the Agriculture and Food Security Center (AgCenter). And the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN). At the Earth Institute. Of Columbia University, the World Agro-Forestry Centre (ICRAF). The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). And ISRIC – World Soil Information.

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About Us – Africa Soil Information Service

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Africa Soil Profiles Database, version 1.2. Our mission is to rapidly expand the use of world-class information technology and data science to ensure that Africa’s soil and landscape resources are described, understood and used effectively to raise agricultural productivity and lower ecological footprints as a means of increasing the prosperity of Africa’s communities and nations. Our “ Priority Region of Interest. And encompasses more than 90% of its rural population living in 54 countries. Creation of ...

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Use case: “Make agro-input recommendations” – Africa Soil Information Service

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Africa Soil Profiles Database, version 1.2. Use case: Make agro-input recommendations. December 18, 2013. Use case summary in context. Figure 1: Make (agro)-input recommendations use case in context. The main steps for generating site and time-specific agro-input recommendations consist of:. Evaluate cropping systems: this use case comprises site and time specific ground surveys by CKW’s and farmer groups, supported by interpretations and spatial predictions of cropping system characteristics, e.g&#4...