- Author
- Kenya Agricultural Research Institute; ISRIC - World Soil Information
- Publisher
- FDRE - Ministry of Agriculture (MoA)
- Source catalogue
- ISRIC Soil Data
- Language
- English
- Status
- Completed
- Lineage
- The KENSOTER dataset 1:1 million was compiled in 1996 by the Kenya Soil Survey with technical backstopping and training provided by ISRIC -World Soil Information. The compilation was based on the - Exploratory Soil Map and Agro-Climatic Zone Map of Kenya-, scale 1:1 million (KSS 1982) and the many described and analysed soil profiles in KSSs database system. The database has been updated by (Batjes NH and Gicheru P 2004) and subsequently used for the sequestration of organic carbon stocks in soils at national level (GEF-SOC project). In 2007 the dataset was updated in respect of attribute data for the Green Water Credit project in the Upper Tana River catchment.
- Coordinate reference system
- EPSG:4326
- Period covered
- 1 Jan 1972 to 1 Apr 2003
- Published
- 1 Feb 2004
- Last changed at the source
- 14 Jul 2021
- Added to this catalogue
- 6 Oct 2026
- Last updated here
- 6 Oct 2026
