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Leigh Winowiecki speaks with the BBC about analyzing soil

Leigh Ann Winowiecki, Co-leader of the Restoring Degraded Landscapes Research Theme at CGIAR's Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) research program based in Nairobi, Kenya, speaks to the BBC about a new process of using infra-red light to analyse soil samples can help to give an understanding of the key drivers of poor soil health. This is designed to help the many people across Africa who depend on agricultural land for their livelihoods but are suffering from land degradation and soil erosion.

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