The document discusses the Mlingano Soil Lab in Tanzania, presented by Neema Mzava. It outlines the existence of four routine soil laboratories in the country that do not utilize mobile labs or common soil test kits. The lab's strengths include routine soil analysis, while improvements are needed in staff skills and modern equipment, with expectations from the meeting focused on enhancing soil laboratory quality and harmonizing methods across Africa.

1. Laboratory name: Mlingano soil
lab
Country: Tanzania
Name of the presenter: Neema
Mzava

2. Soil analysis in your
country
How many routine laboratories exist in your
country?
4 laboratories (TARI Mlingano, Sokoine University
of Agriculture (SUA), TARI Uyole and IITA Dar es
Salaam Soil and Plant Lab)
Are they ‘mobile’ laboratories? No
Are soil test kits commonly used? No

3. Strength/weakness
What do you think your lab is strong at?
Routine soil and plant analysis
What do you think it could be improved?
•Staff strength (adequate staff, knowledge and
skills
•modern lab equipment
•sample preparation and storage rooms

4. What are your expectations out of
this meeting and GLOSOLAN?
• Get the current situation / status of soil
laboratories existing in Africa
• Come up with the strategies for:
 improving the quality of soil laboratories
in Africa
 harmonizing soil laboratory methods
• Get experience from other soil laboratories
in Africa

5. Thanks for your
attention

6. Thanks for your
attention