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6 Oct 2026

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6 Oct 2026

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Africa SoilGrids - Drainage classes

FDRE - Ministry of Agriculture (MoA)

Drainage classes, defined according to the Guidelines for Soil Description (FAO, 2006) predicted using the Africa Soil Profiles Database (AfSP) v1.2. LEGEND = 1:Very poor, 2:Poor, 3:Imperfect, 4:Moderate, 5:Well, 6:Somewhat excessive, 7:Excessive, 255:NODATA. For details see published paper here below (Hengl T., G.B.M. Heuvelink, B. Kempen, J.G.B. Leenaars, M.G. Walsh, K.D. Shepherd, A. Sila, R.A. MacMillan, J. Mendes de Jesus, L.T. Desta, J.E. Tondoh, 2015. Mapping Soil Properties of Africa at 250 m Resolution: Random Forests Significantly Improve Current Predictions. PLoS ONE 10(6)