Year of publication
2004
Excerpt
This atlas presents several maps developed in the framework of a UNEP-funded project ‘The Impact of Desertification on Food Security in Southern Africa: a Case Study in Zimbabwe’, in which the impacts of dryland degradation (desertification) on productivity in Southern Africa were assessed, taking Zimbabwe as a case.
One of the major activities in the project was to compile a Soil and Terrain Database (SOTER) for Zimbabwe. This was done by the Soil Survey and Cartography Section of the Chemistry and Soil Research Institute of Zimbabwe with technical assistance of ISRIC – World Soil Information. The interpretation of the database was done by ISRIC; the procedures are detailed in: van Engelen VWP, Mantel S, Dijkshoorn JA and Huting JRM, 2004. The Impact of Desertification on Food Security in Southern Africa: a Case Study in Zimbabwe. Report 2004/02, ISRIC – World Soil Information, Wageningen.
One of the major activities in the project was to compile a Soil and Terrain Database (SOTER) for Zimbabwe. This was done by the Soil Survey and Cartography Section of the Chemistry and Soil Research Institute of Zimbabwe with technical assistance of ISRIC – World Soil Information. The interpretation of the database was done by ISRIC; the procedures are detailed in: van Engelen VWP, Mantel S, Dijkshoorn JA and Huting JRM, 2004. The Impact of Desertification on Food Security in Southern Africa: a Case Study in Zimbabwe. Report 2004/02, ISRIC – World Soil Information, Wageningen.