Author : J.R. Landon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 531 pages
File Size : 14,47 MB
Release : 2014-01-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 1317902092
First published in 1991. This is a more portable version of the Booker Tropical Soil Manual, in which the format (and weight) of the first edition have been reduced whilst retaining as much as possible of the original clarity. It also includes new content and appendices that cover the revised FAO publications on soil classification and on water quality for agriculture.
Author : Booker Agriculture International Limited
Publisher :
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 19,29 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Science
ISBN :
Introduction; Types of land resource field studies; Survey organisation and practice; Classification and mapping of soils; Land evaluation; Soil physics; Soil chemistry; Soil and water salinity and sodicity; Soil and land suitability reports and maps; annexes; References.
Author : Robert K. M. Hay
Publisher :
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 31,59 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Aromatic plants
ISBN : 9780582005570
Author : J. R. Landon
Publisher : Halsted Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 20,70 MB
Release : 1986-05-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780470205211
Author : Andre Bationo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1051 pages
File Size : 24,66 MB
Release : 2007-10-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1402057601
Food insecurity is a fundamental challenge to human welfare and economic growth in Africa. Low agricultural production leads to low incomes, poor nutrition, vulnerability to risk and threat and lack of empowerment. This book offers a comprehensive synthesis of agricultural research and development experiences from sub-Saharan Africa. The text highlights practical lessons from the sub-Saharan Africa region.
Author : Peter McDonald
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 19,79 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780801429217
A collection of 14 discussions of the past and present literature about soil science. The topics include a historical survey, bibliometrics, introduction into developing countries, societies and their publishing influence, information systems, core monographs, primary journals, maps, and other aspec
Author : John Richard Landon
Publisher :
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 27,29 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Soil surveys
ISBN :
Author : Sheleme Beyene
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 16,42 MB
Release : 2023-01-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3031170121
This book addresses Ethiopia's extremely rich soil diversity and resources, which have developed under various climatic conditions. Featuring contributions by a group of respected experts on Ethiopian soils and agriculture, it provides comprehensive information on the management approaches needed for sustainable soil utilization and conservation under such conditions and the attendant challenges. It offers a valuable resource for anyone interested in soils and agriculture in Ethiopia, but also in other African countries with similar climatic conditions. The book contains 13 chapters which illustrate the long history of knowledge and soil research; climate; geology and geomorphology; soil forming factors, processes, and classification; major soil types, their properties, fertility status, and management; land evaluation and land use planning; soils and society/industry; and future/emerging soil issues.
Author : Andreas Schulte
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 11,68 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783540636076
An understanding of the characteristics and the ecology of soils, particularly those of forest ecosystems in the humid tropics, is central to the development of sustainable forest management systems. The present book examines the contribution that forest soil science and forest ecology can make to sustainable land use in the humid tropics. Four main issues are addressed: characteristics and classification of forest soils, chemical and hydrological changes after forest utilization, soil fertility management in forest plantations and agroforestry systems as well as ecosystem studies from the dipterocarp forest region of Southeast Asia. Additionally, case studies include work from Guyana, Costa Rica, the Philippines, Malaysia, Australia and Nigeria. The papers have been developed from presentations given at the "International Congress on Soils of Tropical Forest Ecosystems/3rd Conference on Forest Soils" held in Balikpapan, Indonesia, and will be indispensable for all concerned with forest soil science and sustainable forestry in the humid tropics.
Author : Fatima M. S. Moreira
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,47 MB
Release : 2012-05-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1136573097
This practical handbook describes sampling and laboratory assessment methods for the biodiversity of a number of key functional groups of soil organisms, including insects, earthworms, nematodes, fungi and bacteria. The methods have been assembled and the protocols drafted by a number of scientists associated with the UNEP-GEF funded Conservation and Sustainable Management of Below-Ground Biodiversity Project, executed by the Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility (TSBF) Institute of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). The methods provide a standardized basis for characterizing soil biodiversity and current land uses in terrestrial natural, semi-natural and agroecosystems in tropical forests and at forest margins. The aim is to assess soil biodiversity against current and historic land use practices both at plot and landscape scales and, further, to identify opportunities for improved sustainable land management through the introduction, management or remediation of soil biota, thus reducing the need for external inputs such as fertilizers and pesticides. The book also contains extensive advice on the handling of specimens and the allocation of organisms to strain or functional group type. Published with TSBF-CIAT, CTA, UNEP and GEF
