TRAINING ON MAPPING SALINE SOILS HELD IN ASHGABAT

On August 29-31, Ashgabat hosted a three-day online training on mapping saline soils (SAS), organized in cooperation with the FAO Global Soil Partnership (GSP) within the framework of the FAO-GEF Regional Project “Integrated Natural Resource Management in the Dry and Salt Areas of Central Asia and Turkey. The event was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan, including employees of the Land Resources Service and the National Institute of Deserts, Flora and Fauna, SIC ICSD IFAS, the State Committee for Water Resources of Turkmenistan, the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, Turkmen Agricultural University named after S.A. Niyazov and the Turkmen Agricultural Institute in Dashoguz, the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan.

The purpose of the training is to teach modern methods of developing national maps of saline soils in order to further restore their fertility. His program includes an introduction to theory, practical exercises and individual exercises focused on creating the necessary product. The training participants were presented with the initial national data - a map of soils, their vegetation cover, climate features, relief parameters, remote sensing images, groundwater levels, etc. They got acquainted with the presentations and slides on the issues being taught, were able to ask clarifying and interesting questions in an interactive format.

The training opened with a welcoming speech by the representative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan Mergen Yusupov and the presentation of the participants of the event. Each training session was devoted to a separate topic. The first day was an introduction to the SAS curriculum and a topic related to input processing. The second day was devoted to the topic of digital display of input data and digital soil mapping. The topic of the third day of the training is related to the assessment of the accuracy of SAS maps. The training ended with a brief repetition of the training course and summarizing its results.

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