A Digitally Integrated Africa Soil Information Service (AfSIS) Grantee institution: The International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) Budget: US$ 18.1 m Implementing Institution: Tropical Soil Biology & Fertility (TSBF) Institute of (CIAT) Partners: Columbia University’s Earth Institute World Soil Information (ISRIC) World Agro-forestry Centre (ICRAF) 5 initial NARS in Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mali & Nigeria) 22 other African countries
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A Digitally Integrated Africa Soil Information Service (AfSIS)
Grantee institution:The International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Budget: US$ 18.1 m
Implementing Institution:Tropical Soil Biology & Fertility (TSBF) Institute of (CIAT)
Partners:Columbia University’s Earth Institute
World Soil Information (ISRIC)World Agro-forestry Centre (ICRAF)
5 initial NARS in Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mali & Nigeria)
22 other African countries
Presentation Outline
• Background• Foreseen Impact• Project Activities• AfSIS Data Systems• Soil Surveys• Fertility trials• Capacity building, user outreach, policy &
dissemination
Background
Numbers
• About 500 million hectares of sub-Saharan Africa’s agricultural land are moderately or severely degraded
• African farmers are able to apply only 10 percent of the nutrients that farmers in the rest of the world return to the soil
• soils in southwestern Kenya, for example, lose an estimated 100 kilograms of nitrogen per hectare each year
Nutrient depleted soils reason for poor crops & low productivity
Large scale land degradation due to soil erosion: How to address?
Impact
Foreseen Impact• Provide accurate & spatially explicit soil database for 42
African countries
• Contribute to the reversal of soil degradation in Africa
• Contribute to increased crop yields & improved livelihoods for approximately 1 to 2 million poor African households
• Prepare material and evidence to guide policy and action that enhances Africa’s soil & crop productivity
• Contribute to the development of African institutions capacity to be able to map, disseminate and use soils information to plan natural resource management in their countries & in the continent
The Sahelian DrylandsArea: 1.2 million km2
Population: 38 millionMillet & sorghum belt: 23 million ha
Humid Forest ZoneArea: 5.8 million km2
Population: 168 millionCassava belt: 18 million haNERICA potential: 2 million ha
Moist Savanna and Woodland Zones
Area: 4.4 million km2
Population: 157 millionMaize belt: 32 million haCA potential: 7 million ha
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Initial Impact Initial Impact zones zones targeted by targeted by AfSISAfSIS
Nigeria
Kenya
Malawi
Tanzania
Mali
Project Activities
AfSIS Objectives
Objective 1: Global efforts to fund raise & prepare the GlobalSoilMap.net & collecting soil pedology legacy data for the African node (AfSIS)
Coordinated by ISRIC
Objective 2: Cyber Infrastructure & soils databaseCoordinated by CIESIN at Earth Institute
Objective 3: Soil survey covering 18.1 sq km using unbiased statistical sampling and soil properties prediction modeling from 60 sentinel sites in 27 sub-African countries
Coordinated by TROPAG at Earth Institute
AfSIS ObjectivesObjective 4: • Implementing field management trials in 5 countries• Collecting & analyzing legacy experimental data
Coordinated by CIAT-TSBF
Objective 5: Capacity building, serving end users, defining use cases,
• Structured content (tables, narratives, figures, pictures, video clips, trends) from objectives 3 & 4
• Decisions on what to avail for access by the different levels of users
Where
• Geo-referenced geometric as well as thematic attributes of the soil properties
• Political boundaries (national, district, location, sub-location, etc)
• Geomorphologic boundaries and the corresponding landform units
• Road networks with centers and towns
Dissemination tools in AfSIS
Tools Target Audience
Project Website & Blogs Global
Google Earth et al. Global
Publications Global Scientists
Workshops International, national, district, local
Extension (public, private, NGOs, etc)
Farmers indirectly, Local & National
Wireless and mobile phones Extension & farmers
CDs, DVDs, Mailing list
TV, Radio, Print Media Local, national
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IMPACT ORIENTED DISSEMINATION
POSSIBLE END USERS
Impact!-How?
FARMER SUPPORTSERVICES
COMPANY RESPONSE
Achievements so far• Launch on 13th January 2009• Promotion in over 50 media houses including print, audio and blogs• Visited 3 node countries to install necessary infrastructure• Purchased vehicles • Purchased computer hardware• Purchased 20 GPSs• Recruited 1 MSc student already in Aberdeen University• Hired Scientist for West & Southern Africa (Objective 3)• Hired Socio-economist• Conducted interviews for an M&E position• Taken on board Southern Africa TSBF scientists• Worked on 2009 project workplan• Initiated experimental work in Mali• Process of getting the Arusha office operational• Ordered Spectrometers & GPS equipment• Implemented www.Africasoils.net• Initiated discussions with AGcommons on Use Case definition
Thank you!Ahsante sana!
Use cases
• Which uses of soil data and information can we think of?
• How do we capture the variety of potential users?
• Which tools are available to do this?• Which soil variables are most relevant?• Which decisions can be made from AfSIS
soil information • Which kind of decisions can be made?
Impact Pathways
• Partnerships: Which kind of partnerships do we need to
have for maximum impact? How do we structure the partnerships? How do we sustain the partnerships?