The Africa Soil Information Service

Watch a video introducing the Africa Soil Information Service. Learn about how AfSIS will address pressing challenges in Africa, and its innovative methodologies to produce digital soil maps

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Ethiopia to Develop Soil Information System

The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) is partnering with AfSIS to develop a modern, dynamic, globally integrated soil information system for Ethiopia within two years.

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Diagnosing Soil Health Constraints

Diagnostic trials provide fundamental information for soil and land management recommendations.

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Developing New Methods to Predict Soil Properties

AfSIS scientists are producing the “first generation” of continent-wide digital soil property maps, like the one above predicting soil organic carbon in Western Kenya.

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"Information Treasure" -- Decades of Soil Surveys Now Online

AfSIS has made significant progress in collecting and assembling legacy soil profile data for sub-Saharan Africa -- now available for download!

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Video

An introduction to AfSIS and its novel methodologies to address pressing challenges in Africa.

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Building National Soil Information Systems

Ethiopia is partnering with AfSIS to develop a dynamic, globally integrated soil resource information system.

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