Lending a helping hand to develop African soil information 2
December 2011 Six West African soil scientists are visiting the
Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources to undertake
intensive training in digital soil mapping coordinated by the
University of Sydney's Associate Professor Inakwu Odeh. The
visiting fellows are sponsored by AusAID as part of the
Australian Leadership Awards Fellowships program. Associate
Professor Inakwu Odeh and colleagues from the Faculty of
Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources-Dr Thomas Bishop and Dr
Budiman Minasny - have organised a six week program for the
African visiting fellows to run in November and December 2011.
Coming from universities and government research and soil
management agencies in Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and Senegal, the
six visitors will further their soil science expertise using the
latest soil mapping techniques. "There is a lack of accurate
soil information in many developing countries, particularly in
sub-Saharan Africa," said Associate Profe