National Soil Information Centers
Nearly all countries in the world have Ministries or National Organizations that are responsible for soil related matters. An effort has been made to identify these based on FAO contacts and other information sources and networks. Any soil institute in a country that is not in the provisional list is encouraged to contact NRL Director office to have it included.
A
Afghanistan
None
Albania
Ministri i Bujqësisë, Ushqimit dhe Mbrojtjes së Konsumatori,
Algeria
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie d'Alger
Angola
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Argentina
Istituto Nacional de Technologia Agropecuaria
Armenia
None
Australia
Department of Natural Resources
Austria
Digitale un analoge Bodenkarte des BFW
Azerbaijan
B
Bahrain
None
Bangladesh
Soil Resource Development Institute
Belgium
Laboratory of Soil Science, Universiteit Gent
Département des Sciences et Technologies de l'Environnement, Université de Liège
Laboratory of Soil and Water Management, Universiteit Leuven
Belize
None
Benin
Centre National d'Agro-Pédologie (C.E.N.A.P)
Bolivia
Ministerio de desarrollo rural y tierras
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Federal Institute for Agropedology
Botswana
Soil Survey Section, Land Use Division, Ministry of Agriculture
Brazil
Brunei
None
Bulgaria
Institute of soil science "Nikola Poushkarov"
Burkina Faso
Institut d'Etudes et de RecherchesAgricoles (INERA)
Burma
None
Burundi
C
Cambodia
Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries
Cameroon
Université de Dschang, Faculté des Sciences Agricoles (FASA)
Institut de la Recherche Agronomiques (IRA), Centre de Recherches Agronomiques (CRA); B.P. 33, Maroua – Tel: 237-29 11 78/64 or 29 24 15/58
Canada
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Cape Verde
Instito Nacional De Investigacâo E Desenvolvimento Agrârio; C.P. 84, Praia, Cape Verde – Tel: 238-711147
Central African Republic
Institut Centrafricain de la Recherche Agronomique (ICRA), Service de la Pédologie et de la Conservation des Sols; B.P. 122, Lakonanga-Bangui – Tel: 236-61 67 75
Chad
Direction de la Recherche et de laTechnologie Agricole/Labo Sols; B.P. 441, N'Djaména – Tel: 235-52 71 86
Chile
Campus Santiago, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria
China
Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Congo
Laboratoire des Sols, Ministère des Industries et Pêche (Huilka); P.O. 103, N'Kayi (MIP), Bujumbura
Congo Democratic Republic
Institute National Pour L'étude et de la Recherche Agronomique (INERA); 28 Avenue Batetela, Kinshasa, Gombe
Université de Kinshasa, Faculté Sciences
Colombia
Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi
Costa Rica
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Cote d’Ivoire
Direction et Contrôle des Grands Travaux (DCGTX); BP 945, Boulevard Corniche, Cocody, 04 – Tel: 44 28 05
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Agronomie (ENSA); BP 1313, Yamoussoukro – Tel: 64 07 07
Croatia
Baza podataka o laboratorijima
Cyprus
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment
Czech Republic
Elektronický Klasifikační systém půd ČR
D
Denmark
Danish Centre for Food and Agriculture (DCA)
Djibouti
Service de l'Agriculture; B.P. 478, Djibouti
Dominica
None
Dominican Republic
E
Ecuador
None
El Salvador
None
Egypt
Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University – Tel: 2-55-322360
College of Agriculture, El-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo
Agricultural Research Centre Sharia El-Gizah, Cairo-Giza - Tel: 72 06 08
England and Wales
National Soil Resources Institute, Cranfield University.
Eritrea
None
Estonia
Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Tartu.
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Land-use Planning and Regulatory Department, Ministry of Agriculture - P.O. Box 5354, Addis Ababa
National Soil Laboratory (NSL) - P.O. Box 147, Addis Ababa - Fax: 251-1-51-28 8
G
Gabon
Institut de Recherches Agronomiques et Forestières (IRAF)
The Gambia
National Agricultural Research Insitute
Soil and Water Management Unit, Department of Agricultural Services; Yundum Western Division, Banjul - Tel: 47 28 60
Georgia
Germany
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) in Hannover
Ghana
Soil Research Institute of Ghana
Greece
National Agricultural Research Foundation, Institute of Soil Mapping and Classification
Grenada
None
Guinea
Service National des Sols (SENASOL), Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée; B.P. 633 Conakry
Guinea Bissau
Service de Cartographie; B.P. 179, Bissau
Ministry of Rural Development and Agriculture (MDRA), Department of Agricultural Hydraulics and Soils; C.P. 71 Granja de Pessube, Bissau - Tel: 245-21 38 46
I
Iceland
Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR)
India
Indian Society of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (ISSLUP)
Indonesia
Indonesian Soil Research Institute (ISRI)
Iran
Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Institute (SCWMRI)
Soil and Water Research Institute, 1952
Iraq
None
Ireland
Johnstown Castle research centre
Israel
Agricultural Reserach Organization (ARO), Volcani center
Italy
European Soil Portal - Soil Data and Information Systems, Italy: Carta Ecopedologica 1:250.000
Associazione Italiana Pedologi (AIP)
J
Jamaica
None
Japan
Incorporated Administrative Agency, National Institute for Environmental Studies
Jordan
Ministry of Agriculture, CUMERC; P.O. Box 2099 Amman, Jordan
K
Kenya
Kuwait
None
Kyrgyzstan
Department of Water Management and Land Reclamation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation of the Kyrgyz Republic; Toktonalieva str, Bishkek, 055, Kyrgyz Republic - Tel: (996 312) 54 90 87
L
Laos
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Latvia
Institute of Soil and Plant Sciences, Latvia University of Agriculture
Lebanon
Lesotho
Soil and Water Conservation Division (SWCD), Ministry of Agriculture; Box 92, Maseru – Tel: 266 31 23 95
Liberia
Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI); Box 3929, Monrovia
Soil Division, Ministry of Agriculture
Libya
None
Lithuania
None
M
Madagascar
Département Agriculture, Université de Antananarivo; B. P. 175, Antananarivo – Tel: 261-2 22 86 7
Laboratoire des Radioisotopes (LRI) B.P. 3383 Route d'Andraisoro 101, Antananarivo – Tel: +261 20 241 6103
Malawi
Soil Survey Section, Department of Agriculture Research, Ministry of Agriculture. P.O. Box 92, Lilongwe Tel: 265-744 455 ext. 232
Malaysia
None
Mali
IER/LABOSEP, Laboratoire Sol-Eau-Plante; B.P. 438 Sotuba, Bamako – Tel: 233-22 61 66
Malta
Ministry for Resources and Rural Affairs
Mauritania
LANASOL, National Society for Rural Development; Nouakchott – Tel: (2222) 521 61-518 00
Mexico
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI)
Moldova
Mongolia
None
Montenegro
None
Morocco
Direction Des Aménagements Fonciers, Ministére de L'Agriculture et de la Mise en Valeur Agricole/Administration du Génie Rural, Rabat – Tel:
Département des Sciences du Sol, Ecole Nationale d'Agriculture de Meknes – Tel: 212-5- 52 83 86
Département des Sciences du Sol, Institut Agronomique et Veterinaire Hassan II; B.P. 6202, Rabat-Instituts – Tel: 212-7- 77 17 58
Mozambique
Instituto de Investigação Agrária de Moçambique (IIAM)
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agronómica (INIA); P.O.Box 3658, Maputo – Tel: 258 1 46 01 90
N
Namibia
Agriculture Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Water & Rural Development; Private Bag 13184, Windhoek – Tel: 264-61- 2022080/1/2/3/4
Nepal
Survey Department, Ministry of Land Reform and Management
The Netherlands
Research Institute Alterra, Wagenigen UR
New Zealand
Landcare Research, Manaaki Whenua
Nicaragua
None
Niger
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN)
Centre ORSTOM; B.P. 11416, Niamey – Tel: 227 73 30 95
Faculté d’Agronomie (FA), Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey
Nigeria
Departement of Soil Science, Obafemi Awolowo University
Institute of Agricultural Research & Training, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ibadan
North Korea (DPRK)
None
Norway
O
Oman
None
P
Pakistan
Pakistan GIS, a Welfare Project of City Pulse (Pvt.) Ltd.
Palestine
None
Papua New Guinea
Department of Agriculture and Livestock; P.O. Box 417, Spring Garden Road, Konedobu – Tel: +675 323 1848
Paraguay
None
Peru
None
The Philippines
Bureau of Soils and Water Management, Department of Agriculture
Poland
Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation (IUNG) State Research Institute
Portugal
Ministry of Agriculture, Sea, Environment and Spatial Planning
Q
Qatar
None
R
Romania
Russia
Soil Institute V.V. Dokuchaeva
Rwanda
Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Rwanda (ISAR); B.P. 138, Butare
S
Samoa
None
Saudi Arabia
None
Scotland
Serbia
Environmental Protection Agency, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning
Senegal
Bureau Pédologique du Sénegal Ministère de L'Agriculture; B.P. 6225, Dakar – Tel: 211-32 12 59
Centre ORSTOM; B.P. 1386, Dakar – Tel: 211-33 34 76
Centre de Suivi Ecologique, Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Protection de la Nature, des Bassins de rétention et des Lacs artificiels; B.P. 15 532 Dakar-Fann - Tel: + 221-3382-58066/67
Sierra Leone
Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Yuoyi Building, Brookfields, Freetown
Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI)
Land and Water Development Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources; P.O. Box 187, Freetown
Seychelles
None
Slovakia
Research Institute for Soil Science and Conservation (Pôdny portál)
Slovenia
Slovenian Environment Agency, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment
Somalia
None
South Africa
Institute for Soil Climate and Water (ARC-ISCW), Agricultural Research Council
South Korea
National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA; Suwon
South Sudan
None
Spain
Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS)
Sudan
Land and Water Research Centre; P.O.Box 388 Wad Medani – Tel: 249 51-43055
Department of Soils and Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture-Shambat, Khartoum University; Khartoum – Tel: 249-11 43 38 04
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Gezira; P.O. Box 20 Wad Medani
Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Islamic University of Omdurman
Suriname
None
Swaziland
Agricultural Department, Ministry of Agriculture; P.O. Box 162, Mbabane – Tel: 268 42 73 1/8
University of Swaziland; P.O. Box Luyengo, M205 – Tel: 268-83021
Sweden
Soil Survey in Sweden, European Soil Bureau
Switzerland
Federal Office of Agriculture (FOAG)
Syria
None
T
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Agriculture Research Institute, Maingano; P/Bag Ngomeni, Tanga
Naliendele Agriculture Research Institute; P. O. Box 509, Mtwara
Institute of Resource Assessment, University of Dar-Es-Salaam
Thailand
Togo
Instituts National des Sols (INS); B.P. 1026, Lomé – Tel: 228-25 30 26
Tonga
None
Tunisia
Direction des Sols, Ministère de l'Agriculture; 17 Av Hédi Karai route Ariana 2049 – Tel: 216-1- 71.718.910
Turkey
Soil Geographical Database of Turkey at a Scale 1:1.000.000
Turkmenistan
None
U
Uganda
Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute (KARI)
Department of Soil Science, Makerere University; P.O. Box 7062, Kampala – Tel: 256-54 07 07
Ukraine
None
United Arab Emirates
None
United Kingdom (see England and Wales & Scotland)
United States of America
Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
None
X
Y
Yemen
Renewable Natural Resources Research Centre, Agricultural Research and Extension Authority; Dhamar Yemen
Z
Zambia
Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI)
School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Zambia
Zimbabwe
Soil Productivity Research Lab (SPRL), Department of Research and Specialist Service
Soil Testing Laboratory, Department of Water Development; Private Bag 7712, Causeway, Harare – Tel: 263-4860119/860055
Soil and Water Conservation, Branch Department of Agricultural Technical and Extension Services; P.O. Box CY 639, Causeway, Harare – Tel: 263-4 707311/794601