SOIL ATLAS OF ASIA
2ND EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,
JEONJU, REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 29 APRIL – 3 MAY 2019
The ICRAF Soil-Plant Spectral Diagnostics Laboratory in Kenya operates 1 spectral reference laboratory and provides technical support to 30 labs in 17 countries. It has helped build capacities for private mobile testing services and is working on developing handheld near-infrared spectrometers. The lab specializes in customized solutions, standard operating procedures, project planning, soil and plant health monitoring, and spectral technology support and training. It aims to improve end-to-end spectral advisory software and develop low-cost handheld devices. Through GLOSOLAN, the lab hopes to standardize dry spectroscopy methods, protocols, and data analysis globally.
The National Soil Testing Center (NSTC) in Ethiopia has 18 soil analysis laboratories in various government ministries. The presenter, Fikre Mekuria, notes that the NSTC's strengths are its analytical service delivery, training, and research on soil microbiology and fertility. Areas for improvement include capacity building, sample exchange/quality control, and accreditation to international standards. The presenter's expectations for the meeting and GLOSOLAN network are to develop competency in soil/plant/water/fertilizer analysis, have periodic country member meetings, and share experiences.
Standard operating procedures (SOPs) are important to have in writing to ensure quality and consistency. Quality assurance (QA) policies aim to prevent errors and ensure standards, while quality control (QC) checks that standards are being met. This poster exercise divides participants into groups to discuss why SOPs are important, what quality assurance entails, whether an organization has a QA policy and how it is implemented, and how quality control is performed.
This document provides an overview of the status of soil laboratories in AFRILAB based on information received from various sources, including ZimLabs, AgLabs, the University of Zimbabwe lab, University of Nottingham, British Geological Survey, Chemistry and Soil Research Institute RS-DFID, WEPAL-ISE, WEPAL-IPE, University of Texas A&M, AgriLASA, BIPEA, CORESTA, University of Texas A&M (who provided testimony of satisfaction), and TUNAC (who provided accreditation). The document thanks the reader for their attention.
Item 9: Soil mapping to support sustainable agricultureExternalEvents
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SOIL ATLAS OF ASIA
2ND EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,
JEONJU, REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 29 APRIL – 3 MAY 2019
Markus Anda (Indonesia)
Item 8: WRB, World Reference Base for Soil ResoucesExternalEvents
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SOIL ATLAS OF ASIA
2ND EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,
JEONJU, REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 29 APRIL – 3 MAY 2019
Satira Udomsri (Thailand)
- Nepal has been working to systematically classify its soils since 1957, completing surveys of 55 districts by 1983, though some high hill districts remained unsurveyed for a long time.
- In 1998 and 2014, soil maps of Nepal were prepared using the USDA and WRB soil classification systems, respectively. Around 6000 soil profiles were studied from five physiographic regions.
- The data from 158 representative soil profiles were analyzed and converted to fit the HWSD format using formulas from Batjes et al. 2017 to standardize the data into layers from 0-30 cm and 30-100 cm.
- Major soils identified include Calcaric Fluvisols, Eutric Gleysols, Calcaric Ph
Item 6: International Center for Biosaline AgricultureExternalEvents
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SOIL ATLAS OF ASIA
2ND EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,
JEONJU, REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 29 APRIL – 3 MAY 2019
This document defines and describes different types of Anthrosols and Technosols. Anthrosols are soils that have been significantly modified by human activities like adding organic materials, fertilization, irrigation, and cultivation. They can develop plaggic, terric, hortic, hydragric, or irragric horizons. Technosols are soils dominated by human-made materials and structures. They form in urban, industrial, and contaminated areas and contain at least 20% artifacts by volume within 100 cm of the surface. Key characteristics of different Anthrosols and Technosols are provided.
SOIL ATLAS OF ASIA
2ND EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,
JEONJU, REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 29 APRIL – 3 MAY 2019
Before classification: profile descriptionExternalEvents
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SOIL ATLAS OF ASIA
2ND EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,
JEONJU, REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 29 APRIL – 3 MAY 2019
SOIL ATLAS OF ASIA
2ND EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,
JEONJU, REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 29 APRIL – 3 MAY 2019
SOIL ATLAS OF ASIA
2ND EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,
JEONJU, REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 29 APRIL – 3 MAY 2019
Pillar 4: Activities undertaken and results towards the pillars of action of ...ExternalEvents
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Este documento resume las actividades realizadas en Costa Rica en relación a los cinco pilares de la Alianza Mundial por el Suelo. Se describen proyectos de producción sostenible, conservación de suelos, mapeo digital de suelos, cursos de capacitación, y esfuerzos para estandarizar métodos de laboratorio. El punto focal de Costa Rica en la Alianza Mundial por el Suelo presentó este informe para compartir los avances del país en materia de gestión sostenible de suelos y tierras.
Pillar 3: Activities undertaken and results towards the pillars of action of ...ExternalEvents
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Activities undertaken and results towards the pillars of action of the Central America, Caribbean and Mexico Soil Partnership. Pillar 3: José Villareal (Panama).
Workshop & Closing of Technical Cooperation Project “Capacity development in soil information for sustainable natural resources management in countries of South America”, 20 - 21 May 2019, Quito, Ecuador
The National Soil Testing Center (NSTC) in Ethiopia has 18 soil analysis laboratories in various government ministries. The presenter, Fikre Mekuria, notes that the NSTC's strengths are its analytical service delivery, training, and research on soil microbiology and fertility. Areas for improvement include capacity building, sample exchange/quality control, and accreditation to international standards. The presenter's expectations for the meeting and GLOSOLAN network are to develop competency in soil/plant/water/fertilizer analysis, have periodic country member meetings, and share experiences.
Standard operating procedures (SOPs) are important to have in writing to ensure quality and consistency. Quality assurance (QA) policies aim to prevent errors and ensure standards, while quality control (QC) checks that standards are being met. This poster exercise divides participants into groups to discuss why SOPs are important, what quality assurance entails, whether an organization has a QA policy and how it is implemented, and how quality control is performed.
This document provides an overview of the status of soil laboratories in AFRILAB based on information received from various sources, including ZimLabs, AgLabs, the University of Zimbabwe lab, University of Nottingham, British Geological Survey, Chemistry and Soil Research Institute RS-DFID, WEPAL-ISE, WEPAL-IPE, University of Texas A&M, AgriLASA, BIPEA, CORESTA, University of Texas A&M (who provided testimony of satisfaction), and TUNAC (who provided accreditation). The document thanks the reader for their attention.
Item 9: Soil mapping to support sustainable agricultureExternalEvents
?
SOIL ATLAS OF ASIA
2ND EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,
JEONJU, REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 29 APRIL – 3 MAY 2019
Markus Anda (Indonesia)
Item 8: WRB, World Reference Base for Soil ResoucesExternalEvents
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SOIL ATLAS OF ASIA
2ND EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,
JEONJU, REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 29 APRIL – 3 MAY 2019
Satira Udomsri (Thailand)
- Nepal has been working to systematically classify its soils since 1957, completing surveys of 55 districts by 1983, though some high hill districts remained unsurveyed for a long time.
- In 1998 and 2014, soil maps of Nepal were prepared using the USDA and WRB soil classification systems, respectively. Around 6000 soil profiles were studied from five physiographic regions.
- The data from 158 representative soil profiles were analyzed and converted to fit the HWSD format using formulas from Batjes et al. 2017 to standardize the data into layers from 0-30 cm and 30-100 cm.
- Major soils identified include Calcaric Fluvisols, Eutric Gleysols, Calcaric Ph
Item 6: International Center for Biosaline AgricultureExternalEvents
?
SOIL ATLAS OF ASIA
2ND EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,
JEONJU, REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 29 APRIL – 3 MAY 2019
This document defines and describes different types of Anthrosols and Technosols. Anthrosols are soils that have been significantly modified by human activities like adding organic materials, fertilization, irrigation, and cultivation. They can develop plaggic, terric, hortic, hydragric, or irragric horizons. Technosols are soils dominated by human-made materials and structures. They form in urban, industrial, and contaminated areas and contain at least 20% artifacts by volume within 100 cm of the surface. Key characteristics of different Anthrosols and Technosols are provided.
SOIL ATLAS OF ASIA
2ND EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,
JEONJU, REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 29 APRIL – 3 MAY 2019
Before classification: profile descriptionExternalEvents
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SOIL ATLAS OF ASIA
2ND EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,
JEONJU, REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 29 APRIL – 3 MAY 2019
SOIL ATLAS OF ASIA
2ND EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,
JEONJU, REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 29 APRIL – 3 MAY 2019
SOIL ATLAS OF ASIA
2ND EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,
JEONJU, REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 29 APRIL – 3 MAY 2019
Pillar 4: Activities undertaken and results towards the pillars of action of ...ExternalEvents
?
Este documento resume las actividades realizadas en Costa Rica en relación a los cinco pilares de la Alianza Mundial por el Suelo. Se describen proyectos de producción sostenible, conservación de suelos, mapeo digital de suelos, cursos de capacitación, y esfuerzos para estandarizar métodos de laboratorio. El punto focal de Costa Rica en la Alianza Mundial por el Suelo presentó este informe para compartir los avances del país en materia de gestión sostenible de suelos y tierras.
Pillar 3: Activities undertaken and results towards the pillars of action of ...ExternalEvents
?
Activities undertaken and results towards the pillars of action of the Central America, Caribbean and Mexico Soil Partnership. Pillar 3: José Villareal (Panama).
Workshop & Closing of Technical Cooperation Project “Capacity development in soil information for sustainable natural resources management in countries of South America”, 20 - 21 May 2019, Quito, Ecuador
Item 5: Japanese Soil Map based on World Reference Base for Soil Resources (2014)
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Soil Atlas of Asia 2nd Editorial board Meeting in Jeonju, Republic of Korea
National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO
Yuji MAEJIMA?Yusuke TAKATA?Toshiaki OHKURA?
Hiroshi OBARA?Kazunori KOHYAMA
Japanese Soil Map based on World Reference
Base for Soil Resources(2014)
4. Influence of the change of criteria
? Gleysols:
「2. no layers with andic or vitric properties with a combined
thickness of either」 has been deleted.
Japanese (2011) WRB
Group Subgroup 2006 2014
Gleyic
Andosols
Gleyic Andosols Gleysols (Andic)
Histic Gleyic Thaptohistic Andosols
Gleyic Histic Andosols
Histic Gleysols (Andic)
Cumulic Gleyic Andosols
Gleyic Melanic Andosols
Dystric Gleysols (Andic)
Haplic Gleyic Andosols Dystric Gleysols (Andic)
「Gleyic Andosols」→Gleysols
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5. The order of the key out of Umbrisols has been raised from 29th to
20th.
Japan (2011) WRB
Group SG 2006 2014
Gray Lowland soils Humic Umbric Gleyic Fluvisols Gleyic Umbrisols
Brown Lowland soils Humic Umbric Fluvisols Gleyic Umbrisols
Argic Red-Yellow
soils
Humic Umbric Alisols
Umbric Acrisols
Alic Umbrisol
Acric Umbrisols
Cambicc Red-Yellow
soils
Humic Haplic Cambisols (Humic) Cambic Umbrisols
Brown Forest soils Humic Haplic Cambisols (Humic) Cambic Umbrisols
Of the soil with Umbric horizon (acid dark horizon),
Humic subgroups of the following soil groups gather into Umbrisols.
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Influence of the change of key order
6. ? The key out order of Fluvisols has dropped significantly from 7th to
31th.
Japan (2011) WRB
G SG 2006 2014
GL Gleyic Fluvisols Fluvic Gleysols
Thionic Gleyic Fluvisols(Thionic) Fluvic Thionic Gleysols
Peaty Gleyic Thaptohistic Fluvisols Fluvic Thaptohistic Gleysols
Humic Umbric Gleyic Fluvisols Fluvic Umbric Gleysols
Epi-gray Gleyic Fluvisols Fluvic Gleysols
Strong Gleyic Fluvisols Fluvic Reductigleyic Gleysols
Mottled Gleyic Fluvisols Fluvic Oxygleyic Gleysols
Gley Lowland soils group moves from Fluvisols to all Gleysols.
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Influence of the change of key order
11. ? Impact of changing key-out order and criteria
1) The Gleyed Andosols soil group does not correspond to Andosols, and it shifts to
Gleysols.
2) Gley Lowland soil group transfers from Fluvisols (alluvial soil) to Gleysols
3) Humic subgroups of Gray Lowland soils, Brown Lowland soils, Red-Yellow soils
and Brown Forest soils correspond to Umbrisols (a soil with an acidic dark surface
horizon).
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Summary
? Distribution area of the prototype WRB (2014) Japanese soil map
Cambisols:38%、Andosols:32%、Fluvisols:8%、Gleysols、Regosols:5%、
Alisols、Podozols、Anthrosols、Histosols、Leptosols、Stagnosols:1~3%
? Comparison with the WRB (2006) Japanese soil map
1) Gleyic Fluvisols and Gleyic Andosols almost move to Gleysols
2) Addition of Umbrisols (0.3%)