Africa in Profile 2015 Soil Information systems Perspectives for cooperation International congress Pedosphere Biosphere Atmosphere Hydrosphere Lithosphere Soil mineralogy biology chemistry physico-chemistry physics morphology microbiology Soil mineralogy biology chemistry physico-chemistry physics morphology microbiology object of study soil processes constituents properties behaviours landscape Soil object of study soil processes high demand for soil. knowledge. understanding. management constituents properties behaviours landscape Soil object of study constituents properties behaviours soil processes high demand for soil. knowledge. understanding. management landscape Soil object of study constituents properties behaviours soil processes high demand for soil. knowledge. understanding. management landscape huge pedodiversity huge variety of responses 00 cm 30 cm 60 cm 90 cm 00 cm 30 cm 60 cm 90 cm 00 cm 30 cm 60 cm 90 cm 00 cm 30 cm 60 cm 90 cm 00 cm 30 cm 60 cm 90 cm 00 cm 30 cm 60 cm 90 cm 00 cm 30 cm 60 cm 90 cm 00 cm 30 cm 60 cm 90 cm Holy Land? Marc Vervenne honorary dean, Faculty of Theology honorary rector, KULeuven Africa in Profile 2015 Morning session: Soil Information systems Chair: Bruno Delvaux huge demand for quantitative spatial soil information using. digital soil mapping. field observations. laboratory measurements spatial soil information systems (SSINFOS) coupled with spatial and non-spatial soil inference systems Africa in Profile 2015 Morning session: Soil Information systems Chair: Bruno Delvaux Invited speakers: Philippe Mayaux UE Arwyn Jones UE Olivier Dewitte RMCA Lamourdia Thiombiano FAO Rik van den Bosch & Stephan Mantel ISRIC