SoilSCAN: Soils, Science and Community ActioN

SoilSCAN：土壤、科学和社区行动

• 批准号: BB/T018704/1
• 负责人: William Blake
• 金额: $ 2.47万
• 依托单位: Plymouth University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=BB%2FT018704%2F1
• 关键词: SoilSCAN; Soils; Science; Community; ActioN

East African farming communities face complex challenges regarding food and feed productivity. Primary production systems are under stress, nutritional choices are changing and the relationship between development and agriculture is undergoing profound transformation. In the face of severe threat of soil erosion, East African agro-pastoral systems are approaching a tipping point and there has never been a greater urgency for evidence-led sustainable land management interventions to reverse degradation of natural resources that support food and water security. A key barrier, however, is a lack of high spatial resolution soil health data wherein collecting such information is beyond conventional research means. We will test if bridging this data gap can be achieved through a coordinated citizen science programme. Accessible and portable technology is currently available in the form of hand-held soil scanners that can enable farmers to become citizen scientists empowered to collect data to establish research data bases that support critical landscape decisions. The aim is to test the potential for using soil scanners as a tool for mapping whole community soil characteristics at a resolution beyond that achievable in conventional research, with the ultimate objective to deliver research that empowers stakeholders to create a sustainable community landscape plan.

东非农业社区在粮食和饲料生产方面面临着复杂的挑战。初级生产系统受到压力，营养选择正在发生变化，发展与农业之间的关系正在发生深刻的变化。面对土壤侵蚀的严重威胁，东非的农牧系统正接近一个临界点，现在比以往任何时候都更迫切需要以证据为导向的可持续土地管理干预措施，以扭转支持粮食和水安全的自然资源退化。然而，一个关键的障碍是缺乏高空间分辨率的土壤健康数据，收集这些信息超出了传统的研究手段。我们将测试是否可以通过协调的公民科学计划来弥合这一数据差距。目前可获得的便携式技术是手持土壤扫描仪，使农民能够成为公民科学家，有能力收集数据，建立支持关键景观决策的研究数据库。其目的是测试使用土壤扫描仪作为一种工具，以超出传统研究所能实现的分辨率绘制整个社区土壤特征的潜力，最终目标是提供研究，使利益相关者能够创建一个可持续的社区景观规划。

项目成果

Soils, Science and Community ActioN (SoilSCAN) to reduce land degradation in East Africa

土壤、科学和社区行动 (SoilSCAN) 旨在减少东非的土地退化

• DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12706
• 发表时间: 2021
• 作者: Taylor A

Soils, Science and Community ActioN (SoilSCAN): a citizen science tool to empower community-led land management change in East Africa

土壤、科学和社区行动 (SoilSCAN)：一种公民科学工具，旨在推动东非社区主导的土地管理变革

• DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac8300
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Environmental Research Letters
• 影响因子: 6.7
• 作者: Kelly C