1. Inventory of Post-War Situation of Land Resources
in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Part 1
Introduction
Databases

2. Inventory of Post-War Situation of Land Resources
in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Start of operation: 3rd of July 2000
Overall budget: 1,013,110 USD

3. National Partners Agropedology Institute of Sarajevo
Agricultural Institute of Banja Luka
Dept. of Agrochemistry and Agroecology
Agronomic Institute of Mostar University

4. PROJECT OBJECTIVES
To provide information on land resources, capability and risks as a tool for a better knowledge of the territory and a proper allocation of resources to the agricultural sector.
to reinforce the national institutes :
laboratory, IT and GIS equipment
training staff in the application of international
methodologies for the evaluation and
interpretation of databases on land resources

5. PRODUCTS – primary data
Databases:
Soil and Terrain (SOTER)
Climate
Maps (1:200000):
Land resources
Land cover/use
Primary data means data coming from existing primary sources (maps, records, images)

6. PRODUCTS – secondary data
Agro-ecological Zoning
Maps
Model
Secondary data means obtained by processing the primary data

7. PRODUCTS – secondary data
Agro-ecological Zoning
Maps
Model
Mine risk assessment
Secondary data means obtained by processing the primary data

8. Soil and Terrain database – SOTER

9. Soil and Terrain database – SOTER
Relational database – data can be stored and retrieved easily with no duplication
The SOTER methodology has been applied for the first time on the territory of BiH, following the PROCEDURE MANUAL (FAO 1995). The methodology was created for 1: scale, but can be applied up to 1: scale level.
The following maps and data have been used to compile the database:
·     Soil map of BiH at 1:50000
·     Topographic Map of BiH at 1:25000
·     Geologic Map of BiH at 1:100000

10. Data used in identifying and defining SOTER units
Teren Terrain 
1.    SOTER jedinica ID SOTER unit-ID
2.    godina uzimanja podataka 2. year of data collection
3.    karta ID map-ID
4.    minimalna visina 4. minimum elevation
5.    maksimalna visina 5. maximum elevation
6.    gradijent nagiba slope gradient
7. intenzitet reljefa relief intensity
8. glavna forma zemljišnog prostora 8. major landform
9.   regionalni nagib 9. regional slope
10. hipsometrija hypsometry
11. disekcija dissection
12. generalna litologija general lithology
13. permanentna vodna površina 13. permanent water surface
Here are the type of data stored in the SOTER database
HIDDEN

11. Data used in identifying and defining SOTER units
Terenska komponenta Terrain component
14. SOTER jedinica ID SOTER unit-ID
15. broj terenske komponente 15. terrain component number
16. dio SOTER jedinice proportion of SOTER unit
17. podaci o terenskoj komponenti ID 17. terrain component data-ID
HIDDEN

12. Data used in identifying and defining SOTER units
Podaci o terenskoj komponenti Terrain component data
18. podaci o terenskoj komponenti ID 18. terrain component data-ID
19. dominantni nagib dominant slope
20. dužina nagiba length of slope
21. forma nagiba form of slope
22. lokalni oblik površine local surface form
23. prosječna visina average height
24. pokrovnost coverage
25. površinska litologija surface lithology
26. teksturna grupa nekonsolidovanog texture group non-consolidated
matičnog supstrata parent material
27. dubina stijene depth to bedrock
28. površinska dreniranost surface drainage
29. dubina podzemne vode depth to groundwater
30. čestoća poplava frequency of flooding
31. trajanje poplava duration of flooding
32. početak poplava start of flooding
HIDDEN

13. Soil and Terrain database – SOTER
Type of data
Here is the list of the tables of data that make up the SOTER database (MS Access). However, not all the table have been actually used in our work:
Yellow: internal codes
Orange: not useful for our work
Red: not filled because information present in other part of our work
Green: used

14. SOTER units description
Correlation of national soil classification with FAO classification
Adaptation of data from soil map of BIH according to the SOTER guidelines
For a proper description of the SOTER units, we needed to corralate the present national soil classification with the FAO classification, and to adapt the old format of some data according to the SOTER guidelines.

15. 2 2 5 4 1 11 6 3 7 10 12
This is an example of the SOTER units drawn on top of the soil map 7 9 13 14 8

16. SOTER database 280 SOTER units about 200.000 parameters
profiles horizons
Representative profiles
with defined horizons
Reference profiles
with defined horizons
TOTAL
Representative profiles are those that represent and identify the characteristics of a specific soil component.
The reference profiles provide information on the range of variability within each component

17. Soil and Terrain database – SOTER
Uses and Findings
Statistics on soil and terrain characteristics
Production of thematic maps
Selection of specific data

18. SOTER contains data on 3099 soil profiles, with more than 10000 horizons.
More than data are stored in the database, each of which is mappable.

21. Here is a table representing the distribution of the soil units according to the FAO classification in BIH.

22. Climatic database

23. Climatic database Structure APT4 Simple table
The climatic database ahs been created through a specific software called APT4. It allows to store and process climatic data in order to get the information needed for the implementation of the AEZ system.
The data can be retrieved from the APT4 in form of simple tables.

24. Climatic database Type of data wind speed (m/s) precipitation (mm)
mean temperature (oC)
mean max. temperature (oC)
mean min. temperature (oC)
relative humidity (%)
wind speed (m/s)
insolation (hours)
Seven types of data have been stored in the database. Some of them needed to be calculated from raw basic data.

25. Climatic database Type of data Ivan Sedlo Jajce Kalinovik Livno Mostar
Data from 20 meteorological stations in BiH (1960 – 2000)
Ivan Sedlo
Jajce
Kalinovik
Livno
Mostar
Sanski Most
Sarajevo
Sokolac
Tuzla
Zenica
Banja Luka
Bihać
Bileća
Bijeljina
Bjelašnica
Bosanska Dubica
Bugojno
Butmir
Doboj
Drvar
Meteorological data have been collected for 20 stations over 40 years, although some data is missing for some station during the war time.

26. Climatic data analysis
Calculation
potential evapotranspiration
water balances
potential biomass and yield
mechanised farming
The climatic data have been processed with APT4. The results have been used as inputs for the AEZ methodology.
biological farming
inputs for AEZ (GIS)

27. Map have been drawn also for climatic information
Map have been drawn also for climatic information. This is the total precipitation.

28. This is the length of growing period, an important parameter for the AEZ.