{"id":31,"date":"2015-10-02T07:50:38","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T07:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ecosystems\/fbl-205-soil-survey-classification-and-land-evaluation\/"},"modified":"2022-03-14T15:43:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T15:43:18","slug":"fbl-205-soil-survey-classification-and-land-evaluation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/study\/fbl-205-soil-survey-classification-and-land-evaluation","title":{"rendered":"FBL 205: Soil survey, classification and Land Evaluation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Subject Ante and Title: FBL 205 Soil survey, classification and Land Evaluation <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Subject status:                       <\/span><\/strong>Core <\/span><\/p>\n

Credits rating:                       <\/span><\/strong>7.5<\/span><\/p>\n

Time distribution:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lectures:                     30 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

Tutorials:                     10 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

Practical:                     15 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

Assignments:               10 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

Independent study:     10 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

Prerequisite: <\/span><\/strong>FBL 101 <\/span><\/p>\n

Learning Outcomes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Explain different concepts and key terminologies used in soil survey and land evaluation<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of principles of soil survey and classification and land evaluation techniques.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Classify soils and undertake soil evaluation for forest purposes.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Plan and undertake land evaluation and prepare reports and soil maps <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Contents: <\/span><\/strong>The evolution and development of soil classification systems. Examples of soil classification systems from different parts of the world. Correlation of soil classes. Major soils of East Africa. The need for soil survey, soil survey procedures. Preparation of soil survey reports and soil maps. Interpretation of soil survey documents. Use of remote sensing techniques in soil data collection. Land use planning and evaluation. Land evaluation in forestry and wildlife lands. Use of soil information data in forest site classification.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Required Readings<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. White, R.E. 1997. Principles and Practice of Soil Science: The Soil as a Natural Resource.<\/em> 3rd <\/sup>Edition. Blackwell Science Ltd., Oxford, UK. <\/span><\/li>\n
    2. FAO 2014. World reference base for soil resources . International soil classification system for naming soils and creating legends for soil maps<\/em>. WORLD SOIL RESOURCES REPORTS.<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Donahue, R.L., Miller, R.W. and Shickluna, J.C. (l992). Soils: An introduction to soils and plant growth.<\/em> Prentice Hall, Inc., Inglewood Cliffs, N.J. USA<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Recommended Reading<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Gardiner, D.T. and Miller, R.W. (2004). Soils in Our Environment. 10th<\/sup> Edition<\/em>. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ 641 p.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. <\/li>\n
        2. USDA and NRCS (2014). Keys to Soil Taxonomy.<\/em> 11th<\/sup> Edition<\/em>. USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, DC.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Subject Ante and Title: FBL 205 Soil survey, classification and Land Evaluation Subject status:                       Core Credits rating:                       7.5 Time distribution: Lectures:                     30 hours Tutorials:                     10 hours Practical:                     15 hours Assignments:               10 hours Independent study:     10 hours Prerequisite: FBL 101 Learning Outcomes Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":705,"menu_order":51,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":696,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/696"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}