@book{2686e4ef28d149c6ab90bd3785e3a079,
title = "Ethiopian soil laboratory infrastructure: CASCAPE scoping mission",
abstract = "Food security is one of the main issues in Ethiopia. Large amounts of money are spent on food security programs set up by federal- and regional governments and other organisations. Decisionmakers, as well as researchers, share a dependency upon reliable data on soils, water and crops. The authors of this report believe that the data from the Ethiopian soil laboratories are not reliable enough for decision-making purposes. Ethiopian laboratories need to improve their analytical services. The main problems concern the organisational set-up, and not merely a lack of budgets for facilities. Apart from organisational problems, managerial-, human resources-, technical-, instrumental- and supply issues were identified.",
keywords = "soil, laboratory methods, soil analysis, analysis, laboratory tests, ethiopia, bodem, laboratoriummethoden, grondanalyse, analyse, laboratoriumproeven, ethiopi{\"e}",
author = "G. Bakker and J.P. Okx and M. Assen and T. Solomon",
note = "Project number 5238430",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.18174/383056",
language = "English",
series = "Alterra-rapport",
publisher = "Alterra, Wageningen-UR",
number = "2722",
}