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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.
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Research: A standardized land capability classification system for land evaluation using mobile phone technology
One of the major causes of poverty globally is land degradation and poor natural resource conservation, leading to reduced agricultural productivity.
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Research: Mobile phone use is associated with higher smallholder agricultural productivity in Tanzania, East Africa
Mobile phone use is increasing in Sub-Saharan Africa, spurring a growing focus on mobile phones as tools to increase agricultural yields and incomes on smallholder farms.
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How to Use the LandPKS App to Learn about Your Soil
Follow along with this short tutorial on how to use the LandPKS mobile app to identify your soil and learn about its characteristics.
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Unlocking the Sustainable Potential of Land Resources: Tools and References from the International Resource Panel Report
The 2016 report “Unlocking the Sustainable Potential of Land Resources: Evaluation Systems, Strategies, and Tools,” written by the International Resource Panel (IRP), examines how to better evaluate and use the potential of land on the way to achieving land degradation neutrality.
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Training Videos: LandInfo
A 5-part video training about how to use the LandPKS LandInfo module to identify your soil.
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Video: Using LandPKS for Research and Extension
Jeremy Schallner at New Mexico State University uses LandPKS for vegetation monitoring for research and extension.
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What is Land Potential?
It is important to understand not only the potential production capacity of land but also its potential resilience. Land potential is the capacity of land to resist and recover from degradation.
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Unlocking the Sustainable Potential of Land Resources: Evaluation Systems, Strategies and Tools. A Report of the Working Group on Land and Soils of the International Resource Panel
This report provides an introduction to land potential evaluation systems, strategies and tools necessary to implement a no-regrets” strategy for sustainably increasing agricultural production on existing land, targeting restoration efforts to where they are likely to be most successful, and guiding biodiversity conservation initiatives.
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Research: The Global Land-Potential Knowledge System – Supporting Evidence-Based, Site-Specific Land Use and Management Through Cloud Computing, Mobile Applications, and Crowdsourcing
LandPKS provides site-specific land use and management through technology.
Read moreResearch: 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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