What are some of the tools and technology AfSIS is using to create the first continent wide digital soil map? Watch our new video to find out.

Significant progress is being made in analyzing soil and plant samples collected from the AfSIS sentinel sites with over 17,000 samples being received since the project began. One method of characterizing the samples involves infrared spectroscopy.

Mobile data collection with tablet devices replaces paper-based forms, using tools such as formhub, a web-based mobile data management and visualization platform, and ODK Collect.

The EthioSIS operations team is hard at work and “With the launch of the project, Ethiopia is jumping to the front of the queue in using satellite technology and spectral analysis to create one of the world’s most comprehensive digital soil maps..."