That is now being addressed by the design of special fertilisers adapted to African soil.

现今一种为非洲土壤量身定做的特殊肥料配方解决了这个问题。

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Salt basins, sand and lava cover much of its 40,000 square miles (103,600 square km), and the soil is so lifeless that NASA can design their Mars ground tests on Atacama land.

大约4万平方英里（103,600平方公里）的地区都被盐盆地，沙地和熔岩所覆盖。 因为这里的土壤毫无生命力所以美国国家航空及太空局可以在这个岛上进行火星地面测验。

youdao

Salt basins, sand and lava cover much of its 40,000 square miles (103,600 square km), and the soil is so lifeless that NASA can design their Mars ground tests on Atacama land.

大约4万平方英里(103,600平方公里)的地区都被盐盆地，沙地和熔岩所覆盖。因为这里的土壤毫无生命力所以美国国家航空及太空局可以在这个岛上进行火星地面测验。

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He says you can find checklists,design plans, even information about soil testing.

VOA: special.2010.11.05

He hasn't been able to lay a new foundation, he said, because the national government keeps changing the requirements for soil testing and foundation design in his zone.

NPR: 2 Years On, Slow Quake Recovery In New Zealand

This document presents the design and evaluation of a rain simulator to study soil losses and runoff generation in erosion plots located in hilly bared soil.

UNESCO: AQUATACAMA