@article{fdi:010061241,
  title = {{H}armonisation of the soil map of {A}frica at the continental scale},
  author = {{D}ewitte, {O}. and {J}ones, {A}. and {S}paargaren, {O}. and {B}reuning-{M}adsen, {H}. and {B}rossard, {M}ichel and {D}ampha, {A}. and {D}eckers, {J}. and {G}allali, {T}. and {H}allett, {S}. and {J}ones, {R}. and {K}ilasara, {M}. and {L}e {R}oux, {P}. and {M}icheli, {E}. and {M}ontanarella, {L}. and {T}hiombiano, {L}. and {V}an {R}anst, {E}. and {Y}emefack, {M}. and {Z}ougmore, {R}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n the context of major global environmental challenges such as food security, climate change, fresh water scarcity and biodiversity loss, the protection and the sustainable management of soil resources in {A}frica are of paramount importance. {T}o raise the awareness of the general public, stakeholders, policy makers and the science community to the importance of soil in {A}frica, the {J}oint {R}esearch {C}entre of the {E}uropean {C}ommission has produced the {S}oil {A}tlas of {A}frica. {T}o that end, a new harmonised soil map at the continental scale has been produced. {T}he steps of the construction of the new area-class map are presented, the basic information being derived from the {H}armonized {W}orld {S}oil {D}atabase ({HWSD}). {W}e show how the original data were updated and modified according to the {W}orld {R}eference {B}ase for {S}oil {R}esources classification system. {T}he corrections concerned boundary issues, areas with no information, soil patterns, river and drainage networks, and dynamic features such as sand dunes, water bodies and coastlines. {I}n comparison to the initial map derived from {HWSD}, the new map represents a correction of 13% of the soil data for the continent. {T}he map is available for downloading.},
  keywords = {{S}oil map ; {H}armonisation ; {S}oil classification ; {S}oil {A}tlas of {A}frica ; {G}oogle {E}arth ; {AFRIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{G}eoderma},
  volume = {211},
  numero = {},
  pages = {138--153},
  ISSN = {0016-7061},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.07.007},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010061241},
}