[HTML][HTML] Applications and challenges of digital soil mapping in Africa

AM Nenkam, AMJC Wadoux, B Minasny, FBT Silatsa… - Geoderma, 2024 - Elsevier
The mapping of soils in Africa is at least a century old. We currently have access to various
maps depicting mapping units locally and for the continent. In the past two decades, there …

[HTML][HTML] Digital soil mapping and assessment for Australia and beyond: A propitious future

R Searle, A McBratney, M Grundy, D Kidd, B Malone… - Geoderma …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Digital Soil Mapping and Assessment (DSMA) has progressed from challenging
traditional soil science paradigms, through small scale prototyping, to large-scale …

[HTML][HTML] Multivariate random forest for digital soil mapping

S van der Westhuizen, GBM Heuvelink, DP Hofmeyr - Geoderma, 2023 - Elsevier
In digital soil mapping (DSM), soil maps are usually produced in a univariate manner, that is,
each soil map is produced independently and therefore, when multiple soil properties are …

Development of balanced nutrient management innovations in South Asia: perspectives from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka

A Kishore, M Alvi, TJ Krupnik - Global Food Security, 2021 - Elsevier
Imbalanced application of fertilizers is a major fiscal and environmental problem in South
Asia. We review fertilizer policies and extension efforts to promote the balanced application …

Digital mapping of soil organic carbon using sentinel series data: A case study of the Ebinur Lake Watershed in Xinjiang

X Li, J Ding, J Liu, X Ge, J Zhang - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
As an important evaluation index of soil quality, soil organic carbon (SOC) plays an
important role in soil health, ecological security, soil material cycle and global climate cycle …

Mapping cropland soil nutrients contents based on multi-spectral remote sensing and machine learning

W Zhang, L Zhu, Q Zhuang, D Chen, T Sun - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are primary indicators of soil nutrients in agriculture.
Accurate management of these nutrients is essential for ensuring food security. High …

Delineation of soil management zone maps at the regional scale using machine learning

S Maleki, A Karimi, A Mousavi, R Kerry… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Applying fertilizers to soil in a site-specific way that maximizes yields and minimizes
environmental damage is an important goal. Developing soil management zones (MZs) is a …

Explaining soil fertility heterogeneity in smallholder farms of southern Ethiopia

F Laekemariam, K Kibret - Applied and Environmental Soil …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Soil is spatially heterogeneous and needs site‐specific management. However, soil nutrient
information at larger scale in most cases is lacking. Consequently, fertilizer advisory services …

Effects of Organic Nutrient Sources and NPS Fertilizer on the Agronomic and Economic Performance of Haricot Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in Southern Ethiopia

E Elka, F Laekemariam - Applied and Environmental Soil …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the fact that mineral fertilizers are widely considered as a major option for
addressing the crisis of nutrient depletion, their use among smallholder farmers is not …

Multilayer data and artificial intelligence for the delineation of homogeneous management zones in maize cultivation

DJ Gallardo-Romero, OE Apolo-Apolo… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Variable rate application (VRA) is a crucial tool in precision agriculture, utilizing platforms
such as Google Earth Engine (GEE) to access vast satellite image datasets and employ …