The AfSIS workshop on norms and standards for spatially explicit and evidence based soil management recommendations was arranged in Arusha, Tanzania, between September 23^rd and 25^th. Participants at the workshop included the AfSIS core team and national partners from project countries. As part of the workshop, field demonstrations were conducted in one of the sentinel landscapes in Kisongo, near Arusha. A selection of photographs from the field demonstrations can be viewed here.

Feb. 2009 -- Shamie Zingore and Jeroen Huising

1. Sentinel Site: Nogossire village, Kayes Region

Climate

The site is located in the semi-arid northern edge of the Sudan climatic zone. Annual rainfall averages about 600 mm/yr and falls in a unimodal pattern (June-August).