{"id":12947,"date":"2025-05-20T08:11:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T13:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/?p=12947"},"modified":"2025-12-02T13:25:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:25:36","slug":"uganda-1967","status":"publish","type":"map","link":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/map\/uganda-1967\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda (1967)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-container ugb-container ugb-31d465b ugb-container--v2 ugb-container--design-plain ugb-main-block\"><style>.ugb-31d465b-wrapper > .ugb-container__side{align-items:center !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-31d465b-content-wrapper.ugb-container__content-wrapper{width:75% !important}.ugb-31d465b.ugb-container{padding-left:60px !important}}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-31d465b > .ugb-inner-block > .ugb-block-content > *{padding-top:0px !important;padding-bottom:0px !important}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-container__wrapper ugb-31d465b-wrapper\"><div class=\"ugb-container__side\"><div class=\"ugb-container__content-wrapper ugb-31d465b-content-wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-container ugb-container ugb-9406a1f ugb-container--v2 ugb-container--design-plain ugb-main-block\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-9406a1f > .ugb-inner-block > .ugb-block-content > *{padding-bottom:0px !important}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-container__wrapper ugb-9406a1f-wrapper\"><div class=\"ugb-container__side\"><div class=\"ugb-container__content-wrapper ugb-9406a1f-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<h4>This soil map of Uganda, produced under a joint FAO\/UNESCO project, illustrates the spatial distribution of major soil groups across the country at a scale of 1:1,500,000. The map uses color-coded classifications to distinguish between soil types such as ferruginous tropical soils, ferrallitic soils, and weakly developed lithosols and regosols. It reflects the influence of climate, geology, and topography on soil formation and serves as a foundational reference for agricultural development and land evaluation in Uganda.<\/h4>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Uganda-1967-Soils-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12828\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Uganda-1967-Soils-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Uganda-1967-Soils-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Uganda-1967-Soils-1024x1011.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Uganda-1967-Soils-768x758.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Uganda-1967-Soils-1536x1516.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Uganda-1967-Soils-2048x2022.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<p>Right-click image file to save.<\/p>\n<h4>Source:<\/h4>\n<p>Compiled by the Government of Uganda, 1967. <em data-start=\"690\" data-end=\"708\">Uganda Soils Map<\/em> (Joint Project No. 11, CCTA\/CSA &amp; FAO\/UNESCO).<\/p>\n<h4>Resolution:<\/h4>\n<p>Cartographic scale: 1:1,500,000; color-coded printed map.<\/p>\n<h4>Suggested Use:<\/h4>\n<p>Suitable for national-level planning, agricultural policy, land classification, and comparative soil geography. Should be supplemented with local-scale surveys for site-specific decisions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>References<\/h4>\n<p>Government of Uganda. 1967. <em data-start=\"1091\" data-end=\"1109\">Uganda Soils Map<\/em>. Joint Project CCTA\/CSA &amp; FAO\/UNESCO.<br data-start=\"1147\" data-end=\"1150\">FAO. 1976. <em data-start=\"1161\" data-end=\"1194\">A Framework for Land Evaluation<\/em>. Soils Bulletin 32. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.<br data-start=\"1271\" data-end=\"1274\">Soil Survey Staff. 2014. Official Soil Series Descriptions (OSD). USDA-NRCS. <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov\/osdname.asp\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1351\" data-end=\"1398\">https:\/\/soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov\/osdname.asp<\/a><br data-start=\"1398\" data-end=\"1401\">FAO\/UNESCO. 1981. <em data-start=\"1419\" data-end=\"1442\">Soil Map of the World<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12828,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"location":[],"surface-characteristic":[],"class_list":["post-12947","map","type-map","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Uganda-1967-Soils-scaled.jpg",2560,2527,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Uganda-1967-Soils-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Uganda-1967-Soils-300x296.jpg",300,296,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Uganda-1967-Soils-768x758.jpg",768,758,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Uganda-1967-Soils-1024x1011.jpg",1024,1011,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Uganda-1967-Soils-1536x1516.jpg",1536,1516,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/Uganda-1967-Soils-2048x2022.jpg",2048,2022,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>This soil map of Uganda, produced under a joint FAO\/UNESCO project, illustrates the spatial distribution of major soil groups across the country at a scale of 1:1,500,000. 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