Book Description
"'Published by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, with funding from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture."
Author : Fred Magdoff
Publisher : Sare
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 15,50 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Humus
ISBN : 9781888626131
"'Published by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, with funding from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture."
Author : Roy Luther Donahue
Publisher :
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 30,6 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
Author : Jerry L. Hatfield
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 28,14 MB
Release : 2020-01-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0891188533
Degradation of soils continues at a pace that will eventually create a local, regional, or even global crisis when diminished soil resources collide with increasing climate variation. It's not too late to restore our soils to a more productive state by rediscovering the value of soil management, building on our well-established and ever-expanding scientific understanding of soils. Soil management concepts have been in place since the cultivation of crops, but we need to rediscover the principles that are linked together in effective soil management. This book is unique because of its treatment of soil management based on principles—the physical, chemical, and biological processes and how together they form the foundation for soil management processes that range from tillage to nutrient management. Whether new to soil science or needing a concise reference, readers will benefit from this book's ability to integrate the science of soils with management issues and long-term conservation efforts.
Author : Khan Towhid Osman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 36,37 MB
Release : 2018-05-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 3319755277
Soils are neither good nor bad, but some have inherent or acquired characteristics that may or may not suit our intended use. Unsuitable characteristics are considered to be soil problems, soil constraints or soil limitations. Only twelve percent of global land is right for agricultural production without much limitation. Some soils have severe limitations for crop production. These soils are so called ‘problem soils’. Many of them do not have enough fertility to be productive; some are arid and saline; some are very sandy and dry; and some are wet and waterlogged for most of the growing season. The global demand for food, wood, fuel, fiber, medicine and other plant products for the 7.2 billion current world population has created such an immense pressure on global soil resources that even the most fertile soils are losing their productive capacity. We are being compelled to bring more and more unsuitable or marginally suitable soils under cultivation. Unless innovative and integrated soil, crop and environmental management practices are adopted for their improvement and sustainable use, further degradation is inevitable. This book, Management of Soil Problems, identifies the problems and discusses management options in a smooth and reader-friendly style. It will be useful for students and professionals of soil science, agriculture, forestry, geography and environmental sciences.
Author : David R. Montgomery
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 24,17 MB
Release : 2007-05-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520933168
Dirt, soil, call it what you want—it's everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, our cities. This fascinating yet disquieting book finds, however, that we are running out of dirt, and it's no laughing matter. An engaging natural and cultural history of soil that sweeps from ancient civilizations to modern times, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations explores the compelling idea that we are—and have long been—using up Earth's soil. Once bare of protective vegetation and exposed to wind and rain, cultivated soils erode bit by bit, slowly enough to be ignored in a single lifetime but fast enough over centuries to limit the lifespan of civilizations. A rich mix of history, archaeology and geology, Dirt traces the role of soil use and abuse in the history of Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, China, European colonialism, Central America, and the American push westward. We see how soil has shaped us and we have shaped soil—as society after society has risen, prospered, and plowed through a natural endowment of fertile dirt. David R. Montgomery sees in the recent rise of organic and no-till farming the hope for a new agricultural revolution that might help us avoid the fate of previous civilizations.
Author : Fred Magdoff
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 46,71 MB
Release : 2021-06
Category :
ISBN : 9781888626193
Author : Roy Luther Donahue
Publisher :
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 48,9 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Soils
ISBN :
Author : Roy Luther Donahue
Publisher :
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 39,34 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Crops and soils
ISBN :
Author : Charles L. Mohler
Publisher : Natural Resource Agriculture and Engineering Service (Nraes)
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 35,29 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Crop rotation
ISBN : 9781933395210
Author : Fred Magdoff
Publisher :
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 35,56 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :