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The LandPKS Knowledge Hub is a space for exploring knowledge about land potential. Here, you can find valuable information about managing your land.
Research: A Risk-Based Strategy for Climate Change Adaptation in Dryland Systems Based on an Understanding of Potential Production, Soil Resistance and Resilience, and Social Stability
This research provides a strategy for maximizing return on climate change adaptation investments in drylands.
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Research: The Land-Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS) – Mobile Apps and Collaboration For Optimizing Climate Change Investments
Massive investments in climate change mitigation and adaptation are projected during coming decades. The return on both types of investments can be increased through an understanding of land potential.
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Two New Mobile Apps for Rangeland Inventory and Monitoring by Landowners and Land Managers
Opportunities for rangeland inventory and monitoring have been transformed by innovations in both indicator and methods standardization and new technologies.
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Research: Measurement of Soil Color – A Comparison Between Smartphone Camera and the Munsell Color Charts
Soil color is one of the most useful soil properties for assessing and monitoring soil health. Here we present results of tests of a new soil color app for mobile phones.
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Research: LandPKS – A New Tool for Sustainable Land-Use Planning and Management
One of the major causes of poverty is poor land use planning and management. To address this issue, new technologies are needed that inform more sustainable land use planning and management.
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Research: Approaches for Improving Field Soil Identification
Researchers developed two approaches for non-soil-scientists to identify the correct soil map unit component (COMP) from a location alone or location together with easily observed field data.
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Utilization Methods
Utilization data can be an effective management tool to evaluate and modify the impact of grazing animals on soil, water, and vegetation resources.
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Global citizen science for people
We believe that the attitude of favoring opinion over evidence is changing, due in part to a recognition of the benefits of globalized access to environmental knowledge.
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መግቢያ የሥልጠና መመሪያ (LandPKS Quick Guide and Manual in Amharic)
The LandPKS quick guide and a full manual from the Ministry of Agriculture of Ethiopia in Amharic.
Read moreLandPKS Training Guide – Swahili
Mwongozo kamili wa mafunzo ya LandPKS kwa Kiswahili.
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