Digital Soil Mapping for Agri-Environmental Management and Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

Since its debut in the 1990s, Digital Soil Mapping (DSM) has matured as a soil science discipline and has become one of the major tools used by soil mappers throughout the world. Still major challenges remain, especially on improving the tool sets used by DSM. Incorporating cost-effective sampling, applying machine learning and deep learning algorithms for prediction and for robust uncertainty assessments, and providing interpretation and utilization of DSM products can benefit sustainable land management and policy decisions. New challenges are emerging on how to relate the uncertainty of mapping soil functions and interpretations to management and beneficial uses though cost benefit and risk assessment analysis.

The Journal Land is excited to announce the special issue on “Digital Soil Mapping for Agri-environmental Management and sustainability”. The major focuses of this special issue are:

• Advanced techniques in soil mapping and monitoring
• High-resolution soil mapping for precision agriculture / precision conservation applications;
• Novel approaches in sampling, and prediction uncertainty assessment;
• Remote sensing/proximal soil sensing, and UAVs for high resolution soil mapping;
• Soil functional mapping, monitoring, and mapping dynamic soil properties;
• Interpretations and utilization of DSM products for informed decisions;
• Risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis for farm management decisions

Dr. Zamir Libohova
Dr. Kabindra Adhikari
Dr. Michele Duarte De Menezes
Dr. Subramanian Dharumarajan
Guest Editors

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