DES
CRIP
TIO
NSH
EETS
DATE
NAME OF PERSON MAKING RECORD
NAME OF FARM/IDENTIFICATION
OWNER OR CONTACT PERSON NAME
PHONE NUMBER/CONTACT INFO
ADDRESS
SAMPLING SITE LOCATION(GPS CO-ORDINATES AND/OR DESCRIPTION)
FIELD INSTRUCTIONS
Soil description
Global Soil DoctorsProgramme
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SOIL DESCRIPTION DIG A HOLE ABOUT 50 CM DEEP AND RECORD A DESCRIPTION OF THE SOIL
SOIL PROPERTY TOPSOIL SUBSOIL
DEPTH (CM)
SOIL
CO
LOU
R
(USE
CO
LOU
R C
HA
RT
OR
DES
CR
IBE)
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SOIL
TEX
TUR
E (S
TON
ES, S
AN
DY,
SI
LTY,
CLA
Y –
SEE
INST
RU
CTI
ON
SH
EET) _____________________________________________________________
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SOIL
STR
UC
TUR
E
(SH
APE
OF
AGG
REG
ATES
)
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PLA
NT
RO
OTS
(A
BSE
NT,
FEW
, MA
NY,
A
BU
ND
AN
T, S
MA
LL,
LAR
GE)
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PRES
ENC
E O
F EA
RTH
WO
RM
S,
INSE
CTS
, OTH
ER
OR
GA
NIS
MS
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AN
Y O
THER
O
BSE
RVA
TIO
NS
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SITE DESCRIPTION
CU
RR
ENT
LAN
D U
SE/
VEG
ETAT
ION
CO
VER
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LAN
DSC
APE
AN
D
TOPO
GR
APH
Y (I
NC
LUD
ING
SLO
PE) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________
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HIS
TOR
Y O
F SI
TE,
PAST
USE
AN
D P
AST
V
EGET
ATIO
N
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LAN
D M
AN
AG
EMEN
T PR
AC
TIC
ES N
OW
AN
D
PAST
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GEN
ERA
L C
ON
DIT
ION
O
F SI
TE (E
RO
SIO
N, C
OM
PAC
TIO
N, P
LAN
T G
RO
WTH
)
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AN
Y O
THER
O
BSE
RVA
TIO
NS
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Use this spaceto draw a sketchof the soil profileand the site/location
DATE
NAME OF PERSON MAKING RECORD
NAME OF FARM/IDENTIFICATION
OWNER OR CONTACT PERSON NAME
PHONE NUMBER/CONTACT INFO
ADDRESS
SAMPLING SITE LOCATION(GPS CO-ORDINATES AND/OR DESCRIPTION)
Som
e rig
hts
rese
rved
. Thi
s w
ork
is a
vaila
ble
un
der a
CC
BY-
NC
-SA
3.0
IGO
lice
nce
/1/
© F
AO, 2
0