SoilFER Programme - Soil mapping for resilient agrifood systems

Capacity development

Djerba Midun (Tunisia)

Soil & Water Resources Management for Combating Desertification in Drylands under Climate Change - SWDCC 2026
16/05/2026 - 19/05/2026

During the conference a workshop session will focus on the field data collection and quality control to support national Land Cover and Crop Type...

Virtual Event

Dry Chemistry Lab: Introduction to soil spectrocsopy
01/05/2026

Soil spectroscopy is a rapid and non-destructive analytical technique that uses the interaction of light with soil to assess its physical, chemical,...

Ghana (Ghana)

IAEA CRNS calibration and technical training (Ghana)
01/05/2026 - 05/05/2026

CRNS is a technology used to measure soil moisture at field scale. It works by detecting neutrons generated by cosmic rays that interact with hydrogen...

Virtual Event

M4 – Data Prep (GLOSIS) – Online lecture
30/04/2026 - 08/05/2026

Online lecture for M4 – Data prep (GloSIS) (Session 1 and session 2) delivered in both English and Spanish.

Target audience: Cohort, project...

Kenya (Kenya)

IAEA CRNS calibration and technical training (Kenya)
20/04/2026 - 24/04/2026

CRNS is a technology used to measure soil moisture at field scale. It works by detecting neutrons generated by cosmic rays that interact with hydrogen...

Guatemala (Guatemala)

IAEA CRNS calibration and technical training (Guatemala)
16/04/2026

CRNS is a technology used to measure soil moisture at field scale. It works by detecting neutrons generated by cosmic rays that interact with hydrogen...

Virtual Event

M2 – Sampling design – Online lecture
09/04/2026 - 17/04/2026

Online lecture for M2 – Sampling design (Session 1 and session 2) delivered in both English and Spanish.

Target audience: Cohort members.

Virtual Event

1st Wet Chemistry Training: Method validation and routine analysis, In-person _Practical session (Ghana)
06/04/2026 - 24/04/2026

Ten days in-person practical laboratory sessions focus on the step-by-step implementation of SoilFER wet chemistry methods, including a review on...

Virtual Event

1st Wet Chemistry Training: Method validation and routine analysis, In-person _Practical session (Kenya)
23/03/2026 - 05/04/2026

Ten days in-person practical laboratory sessions focus on the step-by-step implementation of SoilFER wet chemistry methods, including a review on...

Lusaka (Zambia)

Field training (SD) in Zambia
19/03/2026 - 23/03/2026

The Field Training under the Soil Doctors (SD) initiative in Zambia provided hands-on capacity development for selected farmers and extension officers....