The Land and Soil Resource Appraisal of Bangladesh is the first publication of the Soil Resources Development Institute (SRDD. It presents Land and Soil related comprehensive statistic SRDI has the mandate to make soil resource inventory to make location specific database, I planning, monitoring of soil fertility and salinity status, develop appropriate ameliorative measures for saline and other form of degraded soils, advise farmers for soil test, crop demand based and crop/cropping pattern wise balanced fertilizer use, management and conservation of hill soils. SRDI also investigate the physical, chemical, biological and biochemical processes and thereby develop primary soil resource database through soil survey, remote sensing and GIS technique. In addition, this institute provides support services to other NARS institutes, GO and N(providing data, information, maps and reports on soil. crop loss by natural disaster (flood, drought, etc.) by using GIS technique.