For decades, soil management has relied on sparse field sampling and averaged recommendations. While effective in relatively uniform landscapes, this approach breaks down in real-world fields where ...

The USDA-NRCS has created the Web Soil Survey (WSS) as a clearance house for soil survey data from the Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO). Currently, there are data available for almost all ...

There is dearth of information on the quality of soils across Africa, including Nigeria. But plans are afoot for a massive soil survey project to be overseen by scientists stationed across the ...

ADDIS ABABA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A comprehensive digital map charting soil fertility in Ethiopia is proving an important tool in tackling the country’s low farm productivity, a challenge ...