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Soil information system provides a convenient infrastructure to share soil information and promote informed decisions in soil and agriculture management.

The Project

Soil information system provides a convenient infrastructure to share soil information and promote informed decisions in soil and agriculture management. The shared information is categorized in different levels of detail to accommodate a wide range of users.

Liberia joins a growing list of countries the GSP is supporting to develop National Soil Information Systems. The country has started its Liberia Soil Information System (LibSIS), which will host soil data, online advisory on soil testing and sustainable soil management, status of soil resources such as soil property maps, suitability maps, erosion maps, carbon stocks, etc.

Liberia Soil information System is an online infrastructure for sharing soil information. It bridges the gap between generation of soil information and uses of the information and consequently improves decisions on soil use and management. Recently, it has been recognized as an essential component of strategies for promoting access to soil data. Hitherto, soil data and information were perceived as scarce, secret, and expensive information that was accessible only to top soil scientists. This has now been demystified by soil information systems across the world.

Stakeholders Engagements

Stakeholder engagements; TCP, (Technical cooperation Program) is a catalytic project that seeks to address possible short come of government intervention. This pilot is key to strengthen and identified gaps for national development. Soils in Liberia are posed to natural threats such as; the effect of climate change, soil erosion, saline-sodic soils, low fertility as compared to other countries.In order to achieve this goal, it is desirable for a collective efforts of the following land users and soil actors for a systemic and comprehensive studies :

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About Soil Information System

Soil information system provides a convenient infrastructure to share soil information and promote informed decisions in soil and agriculture management. The shared information is categorized in different levels of detail to accommodate a wide range of users.

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