Last week, as part of the Soil Fertility and Crop Nutrient Management in Ghana project, a two-day workshop on soil sampling-field survey was conducted by project team members from ISRIC, CSIR-Soil Research Institute and OCP AFRICA in Kumasi, Ghana. The workshop consisted of two parts: the first day focused on the theoretical aspects of the soil sampling procedure, while the second day was dedicated to hands-on practice in the field. The workshop offered a chance for all technical, scientific, and management team members to meet in person. It facilitated networking, the exchange of ideas and suggestions, and the organisation of work for the upcoming months. Participants discussed challenges and solutions, and clearly defined each team's responsibilities.
ISRIC - World Soil Information
Milieudiensten
Provider of quality-assessed soil information. Host of the World Data Centre for Soils and World Soil Museum.
Over ons
ISRIC - World Soil Information is an independent, science-based foundation. Founded in 1966 following the recommendation of the International Soil Science Society (ISSS) and a resolution by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), ISRIC's mission is to serve the international community with information about the world's soil resources to help address major global issues. ISRIC is home to the World Soil Museum. ISRIC produces and serves quality-assessed soil information with global, regional and national partners. ISRIC stimulates the use of this information to address global challenges such as improved food security, land degradation and climate change mitigation through capacity building, awareness raising and direct cooperation with users and clients. ISRIC has been a regular member of the ISC World Data System (ISC-WDS) since 2011; originally, it was accredited as the World Data Centre for Soils (WDC-Soils) in 1989. For 25 years, ISRIC has been a consortium member of the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT). ISRIC is a member of Global Open Data on Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) and co-chairs the GODAN Working Group on Soils, focusing on interoperability of soil databases for better policy and investment decisions and risk mitigation. ISRIC strategy considers four priority areas: • Global Soil Information and Standards • Community of practice for soil information providers • Products and services to support sustainable land management decision making • Awareness, Education and Dialogue Supporting services include: • World Data Centre for Soils • Scientific research to support methodology development • Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) • Reference Collection and Library
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www.isric.org
Externe link voor ISRIC - World Soil Information
- Branche
- Milieudiensten
- Bedrijfsgrootte
- 11 - 50 medewerkers
- Hoofdkantoor
- Wageningen
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- Non-profit
- Opgericht
- 1966
- Specialismen
- Soil standards, Soil data, Soil mapping, Soil information, Training en Education
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Routebeschrijving
Droevendaalsesteeg 3
Building 101
Wageningen, 6708 PB, NL
Medewerkers van ISRIC - World Soil Information
Updates
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Join us at the African Union 20th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (#CAADP) Partnership Platform and 15th Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security (#ADFNS) on Thursday, 31 October, in Harare, Zimbabwe. ▶ 8AM (GMT+2): Plenary Session on the "Implementation of the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Action Plan". Register via bit.ly/4e1Ee7S to participate online. ▶ 4PM (GMT+2): Side event "Soil Information Systems for Attainment of Soil Health in Africa". Register via bit.ly/3YphoBs to participate online. 📅 Follow the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa - FARA for the complete agenda of the event. #AFSH #SoilHealth African Union Development Agency-NEPAD African Plant Nutrition Institute (APNI) International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) FAO CABI
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🆕 Providing quality-assessed and standardised soil data to support global mapping and modelling 🌍 A new open-access paper by ISRIC colleagues Niels Batjes, Luis C., and Luís Moreira de Sousa has been published in Earth System Science Data.
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Did you miss the latest news from ISRIC - World Soil Information? 🌍 Check out our newsletter: https://bityl.co/SS0j 📬 In this issue: 🌱 Framework for sustainable national soil information systems launched 🥇 IUSS World Soil of the Year 2024 📊 New tutorial on how to get SoilGrids data from Google Earth Engine 🖼 World of Soils lecture series at World Soil Museum And much more!
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🌱 ISRIC and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) are conducting a 4-day training on digital soil mapping in Kathmandu this week for a dedicated group of scientists of the Nepal Agricultural Research Council as part of the ‘Nepal Seed and Fertilizer Project’🌏
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🆕 A new open access paper titled, "Towards a modular, multi-ecosystem Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) framework for soil organic carbon stock change assessment", with ISRIC senior soil science expert Niels Batjes as main author, was recently published in Carbon Management. Read more here: https://bityl.co/SRuL ORCaSa project Taylor & Francis Group #SoilHealth
We are happy to share that our paper titled, "Towards a modular, multi-ecosystem Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) framework for soil organic carbon stock change assessment", has been published open access in Carbon Management. Building on an initial review of MRV schemes with a focus on croplands, grasslands, and forestlands we develop a framework for a modular, scalable MRV system. Thereafter, we provide an inventory and classification of selected MRV methodologies and subsequently “score” them against a list of key characteristics. The main challenge in developing a unified MRV system appears to concern the monitoring component. Based on this, we present a conceptual workflow that shows how a prototype for an operational, modular multi-ecosystem MRV tool could be systematically built during the next phase of the #HorizonEurope #IRC_ORCASA project. Access the paper here: 🌎 👇 🌍 Niels Batjes, Eric Ceschia, Gerard. Heuvelink, Julien Demenois, Guerric le Maire, Rémi CARDINAEL, Cristina Arias-Navarro and Fenny van Egmond, 2024. Towards a modular, multi-ecosystem Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) framework for soil organic carbon stock change assessment. Carbon Management. https://lnkd.in/e9XF57HB. #EUSoilMission #HorizonEurope #Greendeal ISRIC - World Soil Information INRAE CIRAD #carbon #soilhealth
Towards a modular, multi-ecosystem monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) framework for soil organic carbon stock change assessment
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📏 🌲 Last month, the HoliSoils project, in collaboration with ISRIC and Thünen Institute, hosted a training course on #soil sampling and classification in Eberswalde. The event aimed at soil sampling to enhance the harmonised monitoring of #forest soils across #Europe. Read more:
HoliSoils training on forest soil sampling design and classification
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Important milestone for the Soils4Africa project! 300 professionals trained in various soil survey and sample collection activities. Congratulations to the Soils4Africa field campaign coordination team (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and MATE) for reaching this significant project milestone. The team's dedication, along with the support of the coordinators of the regional hubs - Institut des Régions Arides, Stellenbosch University, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), BUNASOLS, and Institut Facultaire des Sciences Agronomiques (IFA) de Yangambi - has been instrumental in this achievement.
October 2024 - Soils4Africa Project completed trainings for over 300 soil professionals for its pan-Africa field campaign
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A very warm welcome to our new colleague Jiarong Li. 😊 We are happy to have you on board! Jiarong joins us as DevOps specialist for soil data. 🌱
I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as DevOps Specialist at ISRIC - World Soil Information!
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Join us for an online demonstration of our new framework for creating a sustainable national Soil Information System (SIS) on 24 October 2024. Two sessions will be organised to accommodate different time zones: - 09:00-10:30 (UTC+1). Register here: https://lnkd.in/eT8x_jAf - 16:00-17:30 (UTC+1). Register here: https://lnkd.in/eT8x_jAf The framework aims to support the global soil data community in effectively planning and developing new national SISs or enhancing existing SIS plans. The CABI and ISRIC team are looking forward to seeing you there!
24 October: Demonstration framework for sustainable national Soil Information System (SIS)
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