Full name:
One Acre Fund SoilDB
Version:
-
Organization or Author:
Abstract:
One Acre Fund is a social enterprise that supplies smallholders farmers in East Africa with asset-based financing and agriculture training services to reduce hunger and poverty. Headquartered in Kakamega (Kenya) the organization works with farmers in rural villages throughout Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Nigeria, Zambia and Ethiopia. They envision a future in which every farm family has the knowledge and means to achieve big harvests, support healthy families, and cultivate rich soil.
As part of their activity on improving soil health, they have organised a soil sampling campaigns in Southern Tanzania. Throughout this project they have sampled 400 locations within the Mbeya, Iringa, and Kilolo Region.
As part of their activity on improving soil health, they have organised a soil sampling campaigns in Southern Tanzania. Throughout this project they have sampled 400 locations within the Mbeya, Iringa, and Kilolo Region.
Service location:
Geographical Coverage:
National - Tanzania
GIS Data Type:
Vector - Point
Spatial resolution:
-
Publication date:
2023-07-18
Reference period-start:
2014
Reference period-stop
2015
License:
Soil Properties:
Potassium, Phosphorus, Boron, Sulfur, Copper, Manganese, Zinc, Sodium, Nitrogen, Iron, Carbon Total, Extractable Bases, Calcium, pH, Electrical Conductivity, Aluminium, Exchangeable acidity, Magnesium
Soil deph coverage (cm):
-
Citation:
One Acre Fund, 2015. Southern Tanzania Soil DB
Overview
| Name | Original name | Unit of measurement | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| pH | pH | - | pH |
| Aluminium | Al | ppm | Aluminium |
| Boron | B | ppm | Boron |
| Copper | Cu | ppm | Copper |
| Iron | Fe | ppm | Iron |
| Manganese | Mn | ppm | Manganese |
| Phosphorus | P | ppm | Phosphorus |
| Sulfur | S | ppm | Sulfur |
| Zinc | Zn | ppm | Zinc |
| Sodium | Na_exchangeble | cmolc/kg | Sodium |
| Calcium | Ca_exchangeable | cmolc/kg | Calcium |
| Magnesium | Mg_exchangeable | cmolc/kg | Magnesium |
| Potassium | K_exchangeable | cmolc/kg | Potassium |
| Extractable Bases | ExBas | cmolc/kg | Extractable Bases |
| Electrical Conductivity | Ecd | dS/m | Electrical Conductivity |
| Exchangeable acidity | ExAc | cmol/kg | Exchangeable acidity |
| Nitrogen | N_total | % | Total Nitrogen |
| Carbon Total | TC | % | Total Carbon |