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Continental Soil Microbiome Atlas
Fertiliser recommendations ignore soil biology because no regional microbiome baseline exists.
Principal investigator: Dr. Kofi Mensah
Programme
40+
Active programmes across clinical, agri and environmental science
60+
Partner institutions, hospitals and grower networks
180
Peer-reviewed publications and field reports to date
Objectives
- Sequence 40,000 georeferenced soil samples
- Publish an open microbiome atlas
- Link microbial indicators to yield response
Methodology
- 1Stratified national sampling
- 216S and ITS amplicon sequencing
- 3Geostatistical modelling
Partners
- 12 national soil institutes
- Open Data Africa
Publications
Baseline soil microbial diversity across African agroecologies
Nature Microbiology · 2026
Connected
Laboratories and services behind this study
Soil Laboratory
Nutrient chemistry and soil microbiome profiling
ExploreMicrobiology Laboratory
Pathogen isolation, culture and resistance profiling
ExploreSoil Health Analysis
Full nutrient, carbon and microbiome profile with a fertiliser plan.
ExploreBiofertilizer & Biological Programme
Microbial inputs matched to your soil biology and crop.
ExploreResearch lifecycle
From a question worth asking to a result people can use
01
Scoping
Define the decision, the endpoint and the population or field site with our partners.
02
Protocol & ethics
Pre-registered protocol, ethics or biosafety approval and consent frameworks.
03
Execution
Accredited laboratory and field workflows with monitored data capture.
04
Translation
Peer-reviewed publication, regulatory dossiers and hand-off to service teams.
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Publications & data access
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