Harmonisation of the soil map of africa at the continental scale

Geoderma

Volumn 211-212, Issue , 2013, Pages 138-153

  Dewitte, Olivier ^a,b   Jones, Arwyn ^a   Spaargaren, Otto ^c   Breuning Madsen, Henrik ^d   Brossard, Michel ^e   Dampha, Almami ^f   Deckers, Jozef ^g   Gallali, Tahar ^h   Hallett, Stephen ⁱ   Jones, Robert ⁱ   Kilasara, Method ^j   Le Roux, Pieter ^k   Michéli, Erika ^l   Montanarella, Luca ^a   Thiombiano, Lamourdia ^m   Van Ranst, Eric ⁿ   Yemefack, Martin ^o   Zougmore, Robert ^p  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c ISRIC WORLD SOIL INFORMATION   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^f African Union Commission   (Ethiopia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

ⁱ CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^k UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^l SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^m Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   (Gabon)

ⁿ GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^o INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^p ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

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Author keywords

Google Earth; Harmonisation; Soil Atlas of Africa; Soil classification; Soil map

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; GOOGLE EARTHS; HARMONISATION; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL MAPS; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; WORLD SOIL DATABASE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD SUPPLY;

SOILS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COAST; DATABASE; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FOOD SECURITY; INTERNET; MAP; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH WORK; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER STRESS;

AFRICA;

EID: 84884332889     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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