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Several national and international institutions are updating the soil classification systems they use in their soil resource inventory programs. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (1988), the Soil Survey Staff (1987) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Soil Conservation Service (SCS), several institutions in France and French-speaking African countries, and EMBRAPA (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária) in Brazil, among others, are revising their systems.
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Van Wambeke, A. (1989). Tropical Soils and Soil Classification Updates. In: Stewart, B.A. (eds) Advances in Soil Science. Advances in Soil Science, vol 10. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8847-0_5
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