AfriLAB: Regional Soil Laboratory Network for Africa | First meeting. 21 - 24 May 2019 | Nairobi, Kenya

1. Laboratory name: Soil Analytical Services
Country: Ghana
Name of the presenter: Adams Sadick

2. Soil analysis in your country
How many routine laboratories exist in your
country? Six Routine Laboratory
Are they ‘mobile’ laboratories? No Mobile Laboratories
Are soil test kits commonly used? Not commonly used

3. Our state-of-the-art Lab Facility
Main Lab

4. Our state-of-the-art Lab Facility
Lab Annex

5. Analytical Equipment
Bruker Alpha (FTIR) Spectrometer:
Dry soil analysis
UV/VIS Spectrophotometer:
Photometry/colorimetric analysis

6. Analytical Equipment
Soil grinder
Microwave digester

7. Strength/weakness
What do you think your lab is strong at? Dry
Chemistry and Wet Chemistry
Dry Chemistry: Portable X-ray Florescence
and Mid Infrared for heavy metals and
macronutrients
Wet Chemistry: Macro and Micronutrients
What do you think it could be improved?
Training of Laboratory Staff on Modern
Equipment.

8. What are your expectations out of this meeting and
GLOSOLAN?
•Harmonization of soil analysis to strengthen the
performance of Laboratories.
•Standard soil analytical protocol for Laboratories.

9. Thanks for your
attention

10. Thanks for your
attention