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Biophysical Soil and Land Health Assessment in the Gambia

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Title Biophysical Soil and Land Health Assessment in the Gambia
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/IGJZLF
 
Creator Takoutsing, Bertin
Tobella, Aida
Bah, Alagie
Winowiecki, Leigh Ann
Vågen, Tor-Gunnar
 
Publisher World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
 
Description The Land Degradation Surveillance Framework (LDSF) survey was a collaborative effort among a number of national universities, government technical services, national soil and forestry departments, research institutions and soil laboratories. Field teams spent about five weeks in the field observing vegetation conditions, land use, and visible erosion and taking soil samples. Soil samples were analyzed for a suite of physical and chemical properties. Analyses of these data were designed to provide an understanding of the landscape status based on easily discernible characteristics, particularly by site. The analysis also provides spatially explicit analysis of these findings as digital maps that can be used to provide very site-specific information on the health of soil and vegetation throughout the three LDSF sites. The aim was to provide some generalizable key problems and straightforward management recommendations. The field surveys took place in February 2021, with three field team working simultaneously. These surveys were led by the ICRAF team in Gambia in collaboration with the soil and forestry departments. The LDSF field training and data collection was led by ICRAF national team in Gambia, while the soil and forest departments of Gambia provided logistics support during the field work and data collection. This activity was conducted by World Agroforestry (ICRAF) as an output of the project, ‘Large-Scale Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in The Gambia River Basin: Developing a Climate Resilient, Natural Resource-Based Economy’. The project is funded by the Green Climate Fund and implemented by the Government of The Gambia with the support of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). In total, 474 plots of 1000 m2 were sampled: 160 plots in Changai, 158 plots in Dumboto and 156 plots in Gambisarra.
 
Subject Agricultural Sciences
Earth and Environmental Sciences
 
Contributor Karari, Valentine
Green Climate Fund (GCF)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Government of the Gambia GoTG) through Ministry of Environment Climate Change and Natural Resources (MECCNAR)
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)