INSII | International Network of Soil Information Institutions - 5th working session. 21 - 23 Oct 2019 | FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy.

1. PILLAR 4 Implementation
Progress and Status (2015-
2020)
Eurasia (EASP)

2. Background
➔The Eurasian Soil Partnership is composed by 13 countries.
➔In 2016-2019 were held 2 practical workshops in Moscow, one in
Kyrgyzstan, one in Uzbekistan (subject – establishing typical soil
data center)
➔Belarus, Moldova, Russia has officially established NSII (soil data
centers). Uzbekistan has installed and ready to work NSII.
➔Only 8 countries have contributed to GSOCmap so far: Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine,
Uzbekistan
➔Georgia and Kyrgyzstan are collecting data on SOC
➔Belarus, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan have not responded to GSP
requests
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3. Main constraints (?) in Eurasia
1. The creation of NSIS should meet practical needs of the
country's economy → Pure soil research is financially
impossible.
2. Several departments and institutions have soil, agricultural
and administrative information→ Need for inter-department
information exchange.
3. EASP-countries mainly use both legacy information
(archival reports and maps) and current, primarily related to
the agrochemical and fertility monitoring and to land
assessment.
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4. Advantages of Eurasia
- The Soviet school and common experience cause similar
approaches to the management of data centers (SDC) in
the EASP countries (on the example of Kyrgyzstan,
Uzbekistan, Moldova, Azerbaijan – studied and tested in
various organizations):: National distributed network of
SDCs
- Each SDC has its own structure for storing and using its
own information for current work, while it has the ability
(means and tools) to disseminate or share information to
the public (under its control) in the forms and volume that
is required to solve specific FAO tasks (map of salinity,
carbon, etc.) or national tasks on demand
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5. Eurasian vision of GLOSIS
➔ National standard (NS) for storing, presenting and
exchanging data is required to ensure compatibility at
the country level.
➔ Preferably a general and complete NS, supplemented by
each of the participants.
➔ NS must include an extended object model (profiles,
agrochemical observations, soil contours and natural
factor maps), i.e. objects and circumstances of their
production, as well as indicators, methods, units, etc..
➔ NS compatible/convertible with SOILML, ISO28258, and
other XML-like standards recommended by FAO.
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6. ★ The NSII requires a NS for the storage, presentation and
interchange of soil data in the national language.
★ The prototype of the NS is developed and operates in 4
languages now.(Russian, English, Romanian, Azerbaijan).
★ To include additional languages of the EASP countries into
the existing standard, representatives-specialists of the
fundamental level in soil science and agrochemistry are
needed.
★ With the typicality of data center software, there is no
need for IT-professionals.
Eurasian vision of GLOSIS
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7. Required actions from EASP
members
★ Facilitate the organization of the first seminar of the P4
working group of representatives of the EASP countries and
their further interaction (with the supporting from GSP)
★ Requirements for focal points are to:
○ Nominate national representative to Pillar 4, with solid
knowledge of data collection and GIS.
○ Establish contacts and organize interdepartmental
cooperation for these representatives.
★ Collect information on institutions/departments in
possession of agrarian-natural-soil information and make
the list of objects, their characteristics, a quality and quantity
of data.
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8. Thank You!
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