Adaptation of Soil Judging to Venezuela.

Soil Judging teaches students important skills for field identification of soil types, their properties, and interpretations for use. The adaptation of Soil Judging in Venezuela can be beneficial to students as well as government agencies and private sector. The objective of this study was to adapt Soil Judging to Venezuela by a undergraduate student from Venezuela and students from the U.S., who were trained using an undergraduate CI project course in Soil Judging. Venezuela has 16 soil types with 2 soil types somewhat similar to the ones found in the various regions of the U.S.  A Southeastern Region Soil Judging Handbook was used for newly developed teaching materials for Venezuela (including tables of soil physical and chemical properties, topographic maps, and scorecards). These new teaching materials can significantly improve soil education in Venezuela and mitigate problems associated with land use management.