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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Harmonisation of the soil map of africa at the continental scale
Geoderma, Volume 211-212, Year 2013
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In the context of major global environmental challenges such as food security, climate change, fresh water scarcity and biodiversity loss, the protection and the sustainable management of soil resources in Africa are of paramount importance. To raise the awareness of the general public, stakeholders, policy makers and the science community to the importance of soil in Africa, the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission has produced the Soil Atlas of Africa. To that end, a new harmonised soil map at the continental scale has been produced. The steps of the construction of the new area-class map are presented, the basic information being derived from the Harmonized World Soil Database (HWSD). We show how the original data were updated and modified according to the World Reference Base for Soil Resources classification system. The corrections concerned boundary issues, areas with no information, soil patterns, river and drainage networks, and dynamic features such as sand dunes, water bodies and coastlines. In comparison to the initial map derived from HWSD, the new map represents a correction of 13% of the soil data for the continent. The map is available for downloading. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
Authors & Co-Authors
Dewitte, Olivier
Belgium, Brussels
European Commission Joint Research Centre
Belgium, Tervuren
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Jones, Arwyn Rhys
Belgium, Brussels
European Commission Joint Research Centre
Spaargaren, Otto C.
Netherlands, Wageningen
Isric - World Soil Information
Breuning-Madsen, Henrik
Denmark, Copenhagen
Københavns Universitet
Brossard, Michel
France, Montpellier
Ird Centre de Montpellier
Dampha, Almami
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
African Union Commission
Deckers, Jozef A.
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
Gallali, Tahar
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar
Hallett, Stephen
United Kingdom, Cranfield
Cranfield University
Jones, Robert J.A.
United Kingdom, Cranfield
Cranfield University
Kilasara, Method M.
Tanzania, Morogoro
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Le Roux, Pal A.L.
South Africa, Bloemfontein
University of the Free State
Michéli, Erika
Hungary, Godollo
Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Montanarella, Luca
Belgium, Brussels
European Commission Joint Research Centre
Thiombiano, Lamourdia
Gabon, Libreville
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
van Ranst, Eric V.
Belgium, Ghent
Universiteit Gent
Yemefack, Martin
Cameroon, Yaounde
Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation-cameroon
Zougmoré, Robert B.
Niger, Niamey
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics Sahelian Center Niamey
Statistics
Citations: 157
Authors: 18
Affiliations: 16
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.07.007
ISSN:
00167061
Research Areas
Environmental
Food Security
Health System And Policy