Improving the Latin America and Caribbean Soil Information System (SISLAC) database enhances its usability and scalability
Sergio Díaz-Guadarrama,
Viviana M. Varón-Ramírez,
Iván Lizarazo
et al.
Abstract:Abstract. Spatial soil databases can help model complex phenomena in which soils are a decisive factor – for example, evaluating agricultural potential or estimating carbon storage capacity. The Latin America and Caribbean Soil Information System, SISLAC, is a regional initiative promoted by the Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Latin America and the Caribbean Soil Partnership to contribute to sustainable management of soil. SISLAC includes data from 49 084 soil profiles distributed unevenly across the… Show more
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