{Tool} SoilDoc. Creator(s): Bünemann, Else K.; Fliessbach, Andreas and Weidmann, Gilles. Issuing Organisation(s): FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture. (2019)
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Document available online at: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.fhnw&hl
Summary in the original language of the document
The SoilDoc is mobile phone application to monitor your soil with the spade diagnosis. It asks questions about the soil, which can be answered with a simple click. Questions relate to your location, the crops grown, any problems occurring on the plot, and appearance of soil surface. Then you are instructed how to do a spade diagnosis and answer related questions. Additional information and pictures help to find the answers. During the evaluation, the app collects all observations made and generates a report. The report is stored on the mobile phone and can then be exported in csv, txt or html format and saved as a PDF file on a computer. The simple archiving of the observations facilitates the comparison of different surveys at the same location. The tool is useful to organic and conventional farmers alike. The app is relevant to farmers around the world.
Change the language settings of your device to use the app in German, English or French.
| EPrint Type: | Practice tool |
|---|---|
| Teaser: | Monitor your soil with the spade test! |
| What problem does the tool address?: | Soil structure is an essential component of soil fertility. The spade diagnosis is a suitable method for assessing the soil structure and other attributes of soil quality from observations such as odour, colour, roots, soil particles or soil layers. |
| What solution does the tool offer?: | The SoilDoc app guides you through the spade diagnosis and the observations for a complete assessment of a selected soil. |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Type of Practice Tool: | Other type of tool |
| Other Type: | Mobile application |
| Keywords: | Soil, soil management, soil analysis |
| Agrovoc keywords: | Language Value URI English soil http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7156 English soil management http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7176 English soil analysis http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7198 |
| Subjects: | Soil > Soil quality Soil |
| Research affiliation: | European Union > CORE Organic > CORE Organic Plus > FertilCrop Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Sustainability > Climate European Union > Organic Farm Knowledge |
| Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number: | 635750 |
| Related Links: | https://www.facebook.com/organicfarmknowledge/posts/727848751397598, https://twitter.com/farm_knowledge/status/1288846370581905410, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/38200, https://www.fibl.org |
| Project ID: | ofk |
| Deposited By: | Dietemann, Lauren |
| ID Code: | 38200 |
| Deposited On: | 23 Jul 2020 14:41 |
| Last Modified: | 02 May 2024 10:31 |
| Document Language: | English |
| Status: | Published |
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