AFACI - Training on National Soil Databases and Soil Property Mapping
02-03 and 09-10 February 2021 - Virtual (9am - 12pm | Rome GMT+2)
Project: Preparation of the Soil Atlas of Asia through the update of national soil maps and National Soil Information Systems for AFACI Countries
Project Output 2: National soil profile databases and gridded maps of soil properties and threats are produced
Activity 2.1: Regional workshop on creating/maintaining national soil databases and soil property mapping
Synopsis: The aim of this training is to support AFACI beneficiary countries in creating/maintaining their national soil databases and in soil property mapping using national soil profile databases. At the end of the training, countries will have clear requirements for their soil databases, as well as methodologies and tools for producing their national soil property maps.
The training session will be focus on;
- Preparation and harmonisation of soil national profile databases
- Preparation of auxiliary dataset to be used to predict selected soil properties
- Digital Soil Mapping approaches to produce national gridded maps of basic soil properties and threats
- Setting a timeline for deliverables (National Soil Profile Databases, National Gridded Soil Maps)