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ACTIVE PROJECT

Digital platform for Soil Health knowledge exchange

Digital platform for Soil Health knowledge exchange

Duration: July 2024 - January 2025

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Description

Supported by Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, the project expects to deliver the following: (1) Enhanced knowledge on soil health data and information management in Kenya and Tanzania (2) Improved collaboration among key stakeholders of the soil and information ecosystem active in the East Africa region (3) Advancement of soil information management across sub-Saharan Africa.
The expected effects for the target group of the Project are (Outcome): (1) Improved access to accurate, actionable soil health data for stakeholders, (2) Enhanced decision-making capabilities around sustainable soil management, (3) Strengthened collaboration among soil data stakeholders in Kenya and Tanzania (4) Increased capacity to use soil data and information systems.

Ann Winowiecki

Principal Investigator

Details

Project locations

Kenya, Tanzania

Project duration

July 2024 - January 2025
(, 7 months)

Thematic areas

  • Theme 2: Soil and Land Health

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

  • Life on land

Transformative Partnership Platforms (TPP)

  • Landscape Restoration

Flagship Products (FP)

  • Global Observatory of Landscape Restoration (GOLR) (A digital platform)

Project team

Tor-Gunnar Vågen

Head of Spatial Data Science and Applied Learning Lab

Anthony Kimaro

Tanzania Country Representative

Christine Magaju

Research Associate Soils

Ann Winowiecki

Theme Leader – Land Health Decisions (Soil)

Funders

Partners