Local soil quality assessment of north-central Namibia: integrating farmers' and technical knowledge

Prudat, Brice; Bloemertz, Lena; Kuhn, Nikolaus J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-47-2018

Articles | Volume 4, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-47-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-47-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 4, issue 1

Original research article

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07 Feb 2018

Original research article |

| 07 Feb 2018

Local soil quality assessment of north-central Namibia: integrating farmers' and technical knowledge

Brice Prudat, Lena Bloemertz, and Nikolaus J. Kuhn

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Final revised paper (published on 07 Feb 2018)
Preprint (discussion started on 29 May 2017)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Referees comments', Alexander Groengroeft, 18 Jun 2017
- AC1: 'Answers to Reviewer's Comments 1', Brice Prudat, 16 Nov 2017
RC2: 'Interactive comment on “Local soil quality assessment of north-central Namibia: integrating farmers’ and technical knowledge”', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Oct 2017
- AC2: 'Answer to Reviewer's Comments 2', Brice Prudat, 16 Nov 2017
RC3: 'Review', Jeroen van Leeuwen, 19 Oct 2017
- AC3: 'Answers to Reviewer's Comments 3', Brice Prudat, 16 Nov 2017

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (21 Nov 2017) by Carolina Boix-Fayos

AR by Brice Prudat on behalf of the Authors (06 Dec 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (12 Dec 2017) by Carolina Boix-Fayos

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (25 Dec 2017) by Johan Six (Executive editor)

AR by Brice Prudat on behalf of the Authors (27 Dec 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

Soil degradation is a major threat for farmers of semi-arid north-central Namibia. Having tools to assess soil quality is important to evaluate soil conditions and helps targeting important issues. We developed a soil evaluation toolbox that integrates farmers' field experiences and technical knowledge. The combination of local soil descriptions, field soil texture evaluation and soil colour provides locally meaningful information that reveals soil quality improvement potentials.