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International Women's Day 2014: Debra Turner, Soil Scientist by International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

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Using soil map and simulation modeling for the analysis of land use scenarios by Diels, J., Orshoven, J. van, Vanclooster, M., Feyen, J.

“…The contribution of the soil scientist to land use planning mainly consists in the identification of land units and the assessment of their soil-related opportunities and limitations for various land utilization types. …”
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When can legacy soil data be used, and when should new data be collected instead? by Hendriks, C.M.J., Stoorvogel, J.J., Lutz, F., Claessens, Lieven

“…This study aims to analyse and discuss the choices soil scientists make to balance between the use of legacy soil data and the collection of new soil data. …”
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Fertilizer recommendations based on soil-nitrogen levels - a total nutrient model by Smith, Joyotee, Umali, Gloria

“…This paper incorporates recent work on the quantification of available N, by soil scientists, into the total nutrient model to provide farm specific optimal N‐rates tailored to soil nutrient availability. …”
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Vulnerable to verdant: turning flood risk into farm resource by Signs, M.

“…Increasing production in agriculture is often a very long and arduous process. Agronomists, soil scientists and hydrologists who implement land and water interventions are lucky if they see a 15% increase in yield after years of working on a specific site. …”
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Cassava genetic improvement: Theory and practice by Hershey, Clair H.

“…It will also provide support for those many research programs that collaborate with breeders, such as physiologists, agronomists, soil scientists, plant pathologists, entomologists, economists and social scientists, among others.…”
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Developing a fertilizer strategy for sub-Saharan Africa by Sanders, J.H., Ahmed, M.

“…Now in a recent American Society of Agronomy publication this has become conventional wisdom among both soil scientists and economists (Buresh et al., 1997). …”
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Soil Atlas of Africa by Jones, A., Breuning-Madsen H, Brossard M, Dampha, A., Deckers, J., Dewitte, O., Gallali T, Hallett S, Jones, R., Kilasara M, Le Roux P, Micheli E, Montanarella, Luca, Spaargaren O, Thiombiano, L., Ranst, Eric van, Yemefack, Martin, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…The first ever Soil Atlas of Africa uses striking maps, informative texts and stunning photographs to answer and explain these and other questions. Leading soil scientists from Europe and Africa have collaborated to produce this unique document. …”
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The rice soils of cambodia. II. Statistical discrimination of soil properties by the cambodian agronomic soil classification system (casc) by Oberthür, T., Dobermann, A., White, P.

“…It integrates local knowledge about the soil with its conceptual and taxonomic understanding by soil scientists. Using quantitative soil survey data we evaluated the agronomic efficacy of the classification system. …”
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La noción tipo genético del suelo en la literatura rusa by Tschapek, M.W.

“…The genetic type, after Russian Soil Scientists, included the soils, which should have similarities in: a) profile structure, (genetic horizons), b) transformation of substances, c) hydric and thermic conditions, d) ecological connditions, e) level of natural fertility. …”
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Digital solutions to transform agriculture: lessons and experiences in Ethiopia by Tamene, Lulseged D., Abera, Wuletawu, Erkossa, Teklu

“…Through organizing a coalition of experts (soil scientists, agronomists, geospatial analysis experts and data scientists), it was possible to materialize collation/collection of tenths of thousands of soil/agronomy datasets, developing standard data management portal, developing standard data collection guidelines and exploring various machine learning techniques to analyze dataset. …”
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Effects of sample post harvest treatment on aerobic decomposition and anaerobic in-vitro digestion of tropical legumes with contracting quality by Tscherning, K., Barrios, E., Lascano Aguilar, Carlos Eduardo, Peters, Michael, Schultze-Kraft, Rainer

“…To compare methods used by soil scientists and animal-nutritionists to assess quality of plant materials, three woody tropical legumes with contrasting qualities were used: Indigofera zollingeriana Miq. …”
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