Capacity development
GLOSOLAN is actively working to strengthen the analytical capacity of soil laboratories worldwide by organizing training sessions.
Thanks to the support of international high-level experts, several online trainings on different topics related to soil analysis are currently under preparation. The trainings will be implemented in different languages and time zones, according to the trainer's availability, in order to allow a larger audience to attend the sessions.
Explore the different trainings
Trainings on wet chemistry focus on the implementation of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) harmonized by GLOSOLAN and the technical manuals released by the network since its establishment in 2017. Training topics range from the preparation of the soil samples for analysis to health and safety, and the procurement, functioning and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
GLOSOLAN's top-experts on each topic will guide participants through the execution of each GLOSOLAN procedure with the support audio visual material where available. GLOSOLAN partners from the industry will be invited to answer participants questions on equipment functioning and maintenance.
Participants will have the chance to interact with the lecturers by asking questions and by reporting real case examples from their laboratory.
Recordings
- Heavy Metal Analysis in Soils for Safe Cocoa (Day 1) | ES | PT
- Heavy Metal Analysis in Soils for Safe Cocoa (Day 2) | ES | PT
- Enhancing the quality and interoperability of soil data through laboratory quality control and analytical method validation
- Calcareous and gypsiferous soils - characteristics, challenges and innovations
- Restoring livelihoods and revitalizing rural communities affected by mines and explosive remnants of war:
- Module 1: Basic principles of soil and groundwater related to pollution
- Module 2: Contaminated soil sampling techniques
- Module 3: Modelling of distribution of pollutants in plants
- Module 4: Modeling pollutant transport in soil and groundwater
- Module 5 : Data interpretation with respect to plant uptake
- Module 6: Analyses of PAH in soil samples
- Module 7: Dealing with energetic materials
- Module 8: Techniques for remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater
- Module 9: Soil major nutrient analyses
- Module 10: Soil micronutrient analysis
- Module 11: Dealing with radioactivity in soil and groundwater
- Module 12: Determination of pH
- Module 13: Groundwater sampling techniques and methods
- Module 14: Determination of electrical conductivity
- Module 15: Determination of organic carbon
- Module 16: Strontium 90 and Cesium 137
- Module 17: Determination of elements in soil using ICP-OES
- Module 18: Energetic materials
- SOP for the determination of the cation exchange capacity (CEC) | FR
- SOP for Soil Nitrogen Determination by Kjeldahl Method | FR
- SOP for soil electrical conductivity
- SOP for handling and preparing soil samples for chemical and physical analyses | FR
- SOP for soil organic carbon (Walkley and Black: titration and colorimetric methods)
- Determination of soil phosphorous by Olsen method | ES
- SOP for saturated soil paste extract | AR
Soil spectroscopy can change the course of soils’ future and keep soils healthy. Soil spectroscopy can help countries to understand soil conditions, improve agricultural productivity and reverse land degradation. It can also improve soil assessment, mapping and monitoring and finally support scientists and governments in the decision-making process.
Recordings | EN
- Soil security via spectroscopy, 2 October 2024
- Unlocking the Science of Soil and Plant Diagnostics at CIFOR-ICRAF's State-of-the-Art Laboratory, 11 June 2024
- Spectral Sensing for Soil Contamination: From Ground to Space, 30 May 2024
- Can we take vis-NIR spectroscopy to field to leverage digital soil mapping?, 16 April 2024
- Soil Spectroscopy and Deep Learning-based modeling for decision-making in agricultural contamination, 3 March 2023
- Towards operational large-scale soil spectral libraries, 11 October 2022
- Soil sample preparation for MIR measurement. Is fine grinding necessary for accurate MIR predictions? 7 September 2022
- Interpretation of mid infrared spectra of soil - Direct use of spectra to provide new insights, 16 June 2022
- Soil spectroscopy from the Danish perspective, 27 April 2022
- The role of spectroscopy in promoting precision agriculture solutions, 24 March 2022
- Measuring reflectance of undisturbed soil surface in the field under laboratory quality: A protocol to assess soil properties that are sensitive to the soil sealing phenomenon, 28 October 2021
- Characterization of soil properties using French national Vis-NIR and MIR spectral libraries,14 October 2021
- The Brazilian Soil Spectral Library Experience from scientific to society services, 4 October 2021
- A future for soil spectral inference, 23 September 2021
- Soil Spectroscopy for accurate measurement of soil physical and chemical soil properties, 16 September 2021
- Introduction to soil spectroscopy, 6 September 2021
Recordings | ES
- De la decisión al impacto: iniciando con éxito en espectroscopia NIR, 25 Septiembre 2025
- Aspectos básicos del análisis de suelos mediante espectroscopía de infrarrojo cercano, 29 Mayo 2024
Recordings | FR
Trainings on laboratory health and safety aims to generate awareness and build the capacity of laboratory technicians and managers to assess and prevent risks related to the use of equipment and reagents in soil analysis. Ultimately, investing in health and safety results in reducing the risk for injury and illness. The sessions will focus on the general health and safety measures to adopt in the laboratory, as well as on the adoption of guidelines for particular cases.
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GLOSOLAN aims to support laboratory managers and technicians in optimizing the activities in the laboratory. The training sessions on this topic focus on the organization of the laboratory agenda, planning the laboratory's areas of work, the management the available financial resources, the distribution of the workload among the personnel, the maintenance of laboratory's infrastructures and the promotion of good laboratory practices.
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