Soil Quality Test Kit Guide
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Page : 96 pages
File Size : 22,46 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Soils
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Author :
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Page : 96 pages
File Size : 22,46 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Soils
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Author : Harold E. Gene Garrett
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 49,85 MB
Release : 2022-02-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0891183779
North American Agroforestry Explore the many benefits of alternative land-use systems with this incisive resource Humanity has become a victim of its own success. While we’ve managed to meet the needs—to one extent or another—of a large portion of the human population, we’ve often done so by ignoring the health of the natural environment we rely on to sustain our planet. And by deteriorating the quality of our air, water, and land, we’ve put into motion consequences we’ll be dealing with for generations. In the newly revised Third Edition of North American Agroforestry, an expert team of researchers delivers an authoritative and insightful exploration of an alternative land-use system that exploits the positive interactions between trees and crops when they are grown together and bridges the gap between production agriculture and natural resource management. This latest edition includes new material on urban food forests, as well as the air and soil quality benefits of agroforestry, agroforestry’s relevance in the Mexican context, and agroforestry training and education. The book also offers: A thorough introduction to the development of agroforestry as an integrated land use management strategy Comprehensive explorations of agroforestry nomenclature, concepts, and practices, as well as an agroecological foundation for temperate agroforestry Practical discussions of tree-crop interactions in temperate agroforestry, including in systems such as windbreak practices, silvopasture practices, and alley cropping practices In-depth examinations of vegetative environmental buffers for air and water quality benefits, agroforestry for wildlife habitat, agroforestry at the landscape level, and the impact of agroforestry on soil health Perfect for environmental scientists, natural resource professionals and ecologists, North American Agroforestry will also earn a place in the libraries of students and scholars of agricultural sciences interested in the potential benefits of agroforestry.
Author : Philip J. Schoeneberger
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 11,5 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Soils
ISBN : 9780160915420
NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT-- OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price USDA-NRCS. Issued in spiral ringboundbinder. By Philip J. Schoeneberger, et al. Summarizes and updates the current National Cooperative SoilSurvey conventions for describing soils. Intended to be both currentand usable by the entire soil science community."
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Page : 3 pages
File Size : 18,52 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Agriculture
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Author : Ademola K. Braimoh
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 41,25 MB
Release : 2008-02-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 140206778X
Poor land management has degraded vast amounts of land, reduced our ability to produce enough food, and is a major threat to rural livelihoods in many developing countries. This book provides a thorough analysis of the multifaceted impacts of land use on soils. Abundantly illustrated with full-color images, it brings together renowned academics and policy experts to analyze the patterns, driving factors and proximate causes, and the socioeconomic impacts of soil degradation.
Author : Trevor Graham Shepherd
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Page : pages
File Size : 31,27 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Soil management
ISBN : 9781877468759
Author : John Walsh Doran
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Page : 452 pages
File Size : 28,42 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
Methods for Assessing Soil Quality builds on two previous publications, Defining Soil Quality for a Sustainable Environment (SSSA spec. publ. 35, 1994) and Soil Health and Sustainability (Doran et al. 1996).
Author : U.S. Department of Agriculture
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 14,62 MB
Release : 2019-04-06
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0359573436
Soil quality is the capacity of a specific kind of soil to function within natural or managed ecosystem boundaries to: ? sustain plant and animal productivity ? maintain or enhance water and air quality ? support human health and habitation Soil function describes what the soil does. Soil functions are: (1) sustaining biological activity, diversity, and productivity; (2) regulating and partitioning water and solute flow; (3) filtering and buffering, degrading, immobilizing, and detoxifying organic and inorganic materials, including industrial and municipal by-products and atmospheric deposition; (4) storing and cycling nutrients and other elements within the earth
Author : Beth K. Gugino
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 13,81 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Soil biology
ISBN : 9780967650746
Author : Patrick J. Bohlen
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 29,65 MB
Release : 2009-03-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1040070035
Sustainable Agroecosystem Management: Integrating Ecology, Economics, and Society examines the challenges for developing integrated approaches to the management of agricultural ecosystems. Providing historical background of attempts to bridge the ecological and agricultural sciences, this book highlights recent efforts to integrate natural and social science perspectives. Through various case studies with global applications, the text explores practical innovative strategies, policies, and research needs for emphasizing whole system productivity, diversification of agricultural operations, and management of agricultural systems that sustain multiple functions including ecological integrity.