AfSIS Project Log

May 2009
Pedro Sanchez, Alex McBratney, Jon Hempel and Bob MacMillan attend US National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) bi‐annual conference in Los Cruces, New Mexico from May 9‐16, 2009.

Workshop with Alex McBratney is attended by about 40 individuals with a declared interest in contributing to the North American activities of GlobalSoilMap.net at the NRCS National Geospatial Development Center in Morgantown, West Virginia on Monday, May 18. Read the conference and workshop report.

April 2009
Peter Okoth and Operations Officer Wanjiku Kiragu travel to Mali to meet with officials of the Mali government and the Institut d'Economie Rurale (IER) to finalize a Memorandum of Agreement.

Jeroen Huising and Shamie Zingore visit project sentinel sites for field trials in Malawi.

Feb. 2009
Jeroen Huising and Shamie Zingore visit project sentinel sites for field trials in Mali.

GlobalSoilMap.net inauguration and Global Soil Consortium follow-up meeting held at Columbia University in New York. Read the meeting report.

Jan. 2009
AfSIS launch and opening workshop is held in Nairobi, Kenya.

Sept. 2008
GlobalSoilMap.net planning meeting is held in Logan, Utah from Sept. 27-29, 2008. Read the report.

Feb. 2008
GlobalSoilMap.net preliminary meetings is held in Boston, Massachusetts during the AAAS meeting from Feb. 16-17, 2008. Read the report.