Soil survey to characterize 2 sentinel sites (CIAT)
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LDSF Long and Matufa Soil Data
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Dataset metadata
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| Created | Monday 7th of December, 2015 |
| Last updated | Friday 6th of July, 2018 |
| Dataset type | Non-spatial |
| Abstract | The Land Degradation Surveillance Framework (LDSF) used by AfSIS was employed to conduct a systematic biophysical assessment of various ecological and soil health metrics. The LDSF was based on a hierarchical spatially stratified, random sampling approach consisting of 100 km2 sentinel landscapes, which were statistically representative of the variability in climate, topography and vegetation of the study area under consideration. To predict soil properties for areas where samples were not collected, relatively large number of samples from representative locations were taken. To overcome the huge cost of analyzing large soil samples using conventional laboratory techniques, near and mid-infrared spectroscopy approaches were used. |
| Principal investigator | Kihara, J. (CIAT) |
| Partners | International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) |
| Other researchers involved | Winowicki, L.; Masawe, P. |
| Contact person | Kihara, J. (CIAT) |
| Custodian | Kihara, J. (CIAT) |
| Custodian email | j.kihara@cgiar.org |
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| Data collected from | 01/03/2014 |
| Data collected to | 30/06/2014 |
| Availability date | 07/12/2015 |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution |
| Release of confidential data? | No |
| Consent obtained? | No |
| Intellectual Property Ownership | CIAT |
| Citation | Kihara J. 2013. Soil survey to characterize 2 sentinel sites Babati, Northern Tanzania. CIAT, Nairobi Kenya. |
Project metadata
| Item | Value |
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| Project title | Identification of the key biophysical production constraints to crops and livestock at farm and landscape levels |
| Project abstract | Soil survey to characterize 2 sentinel sites (Long and Matufa); agronomic survey to estimate farmers' actual yield |
| Donor | USAID |
| Partners | CIAT, SARI |
| Start date | 01/11/2012 |
| End date | 01/10/2013 |
| Principal investigator | Kihara. J. (CIAT) |
| Other staff involved | Winowicki, L.; Masawe, P. |
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