Andy Blunk

Andy Blunk

University of D.C. and Circular Agriculture Solutions

Project Specialist Agriculture Engineering, Technology and Entrepreneurship

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Published on Jan 15, 2025

pH results are beginning to roll in...

Part of the rationale for this project was that soils in the rural areas of Gambia are generally considered acidic, and to help farmers know about their soils, and make decisions it's important to ...

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Published on Jan 13, 2025

Mobile laboratory for pH assessment

To analyze our soil samples, we set up a mobile / makeshift laboratory, and used the 1:2 soil to water method (page 32). Gambia does not have a soil lab in the country, which hampers soil quality r...

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Published on Jan 12, 2025

Soil sample collection days

After several delays with this project, this past week we were able to travel to every region of the Gambia collecting soil samples. We collected multiple types of photographs to be used in our ML ...

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Published on Nov 20, 2024

On-going research announcement!

Hey everyone! We're happy to announce that we are planning to repeat this research project this year at 3 more locations across The Gambia. Our partner The Soil Solutions will be conducting the pro...

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Published on Aug 16, 2023

More media regarding research

Soil Solution-Gambia research project underway - The Point

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Published on Jul 19, 2023

Interview on Gambian Radio and Televison Service

Last week, our research partner The Soil Solutions was interviewed by the Gambian National Radio and TV broadcasting service- GRTS. The director Ebrima Jarra describes issues with soil health in Th...

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