nuvnce/togo-soil-classification

Supervised classification of agricultural soil types in Togo using SoilGrids, Google Earth Engine, Random Forest and Leaflet interactive mapping # Togo Soil Classification > Supervised classification of agricultural soil types across the 599 administrative cantons of Togo, > combining SoilGrids v2.0 (ISRIC/FAO), Google Earth Engine Sentinel-2 imagery, > Random Forest machine learning, and an interactive Leaflet web map. **Author:** Daniel ESSONANI **Supervisor:** M. Leri TCHANTCHO **Date:** February 2026 --- ## 🗺️ Live Map **View the interactive map →** Each of the 599 cantons is clickable and shows: - Dominant WRB soil type - Fertility level - Recommended crops - Main agricultural constraints --- ## Project Overview Togo's agricultural sector employs ~65% of the active population but suffers from a critical lack of up-to-date soil spatial data — existing pedological maps date from the 1970s–80s and cover only part of the territory. This project addresses that gap by building a **national-scale soil classification pipeline** using freely available satellite data and open-source tools, producing results directly usable by agricultural planners and decision-makers. The work also serves as the **complementary validation component** of a larger academic study on ERDAS IMAGINE supervised classification of soil types in Togo (*"La classification supervisée des types de sols agricoles au Togo grâce à ERDAS IMAGINE"*, Daniel ESSONANI, NONCHALENT INC., February 2026). --- ## Technical Stack | Tool | Role | |------|------| | Python 3 + Jupyter | Data processing pipeline | | SoilGrids v2.0 REST API (ISRIC/FAO) | WRB soil type reference labels | | Google Earth Engine Python API | Sentinel-2 spectral feature extraction | | scikit-learn | Random Forest classifier | | GeoPandas | Shapefile processing and spatial joins | | QGIS + qgis2web | Cartographic styling and Leaflet export | | Leaflet.js | Interactive web map | --- ## Repository Structure ``` togo-soil-classification/ │ ├── README.md ├── rapport_complet_togo_sols.docx ← Full academic report (87 pages, French) │ ├── map/ …