80% of arable land in Africa has low soil fertility and suffers from physical soil problems. Additionally, significant amounts of nutrients are lost every year due to unsustainable soil management practices. This is partially the result of insufficient use of soil management knowledge. To help br...
Hengl, Tomislav
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Heuvelink, Gerard B.M.
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Kempen, Bas
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Leenaars, Johan G.B.
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Walsh, Markus G
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Shepherd, Keith D.
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Sila, Andrew
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MacMillan, Robert A
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Mendes de Jesus, Jorge
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Tamene, Lulseged
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Tondoh, Jérôme E.
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[Mapping soil properties of Africa at 250 m resolution: random forests significantly improve current predictions]
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Mapping soil properties of Africa at 250 m resolution: random forests significantly improve current predictions
Degradation of land health – the capacity of land, relative to its potential, to sustain delivery of ecosystem services – is recognized as a major global problem in general terms, but remains poorly quantified, resulting in a lack of specific evidence to focus action. Land health surveillance and...
Shepherd, Keith D.
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Shepherd, G.
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Walsh, Markus G
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[Land health surveillance and response: a framework for evidence-informed land management.]
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Land health surveillance and response: a framework for evidence-informed land management.
Degradation of land health – the capacity of land, relative to its potential, to sustain delivery of ecosystem services – is recognized as a major global problem in general terms, but remains poorly quantified, resulting in a lack of specific evidence to focus action. Land health surveillance and...
Shepherd, Keith D.
,
Shepherd, G.
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Walsh, Markus G
,
[Land health surveillance and response: a framework for evidence-informed land management]
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Land health surveillance and response: a framework for evidence-informed land management
The field methods employed in the soil health component of the AfSIS (Africa Soil Information Service) project are referred to as the Land Degradation Surveillance Framework (LDSF). This field guide outlines field protocols for measuring indicators of the “health” of an ecosystem, including veget...
Vagen, T.G.
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Winowiecki, Leigh A.
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Walsh, Markus G
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Tamene, Lulseged
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Tondoh, Jérôme E.
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[Land Degradation Surveillance Framework (LSDF): field guide]
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Land Degradation Surveillance Framework (LSDF): field guide