Principles of Sustainable Soil Management in Agroecosystems - Advances in Soil Science - Rattan Lal - Grāmatas - Taylor & Francis Inc - 9781466513464 - 2013. gada 10. jūnijs
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With the use of high-level soil management technology, Africa could feed several billion people, yet food production has generally stagnated since the 1960s. No matter how powerful the seed technology, the seedling emerging from it can flourish only in a healthy soil. Accordingly, crop yields in Africa, South Asia, and the Caribbean could be doubled or tripled through adoption of technologies based on laws of sustainable soil management. Principles of Sustainable Soil Management in Agroecosystems describes the application of these laws to enhance ecosystem services while restoring degraded soils and promoting sustainable use.

With chapters contributed by world-class soil scientists, ecologists, and social scientists, this book outlines critical changes in management of agricultural soils necessary to achieve food security and meet the food demands of the present and projected future population. These changes include conversion to no-till and conservation agriculture; adoption of strategies of integrated nutrient management, water harvesting, and use of drip sub-irrigation; complex cropping/farming systems such as cover cropping and agroforestry; and use of nano-enhanced fertilizers.

The book is based on the premise that it is not possible to extract more from a soil than what is put into it without degrading its quality. The strategy is to replace what is removed, respond wisely to what is changed, and be pro-active to what may happen because of natural and anthropogenic perturbations. The chapters, which exemplify these ideas, cover a range of topics including organic farming, soil fertility, crop-symbiotic soil microbiota, human-driven soil degradation, soil degradation and restoration, carbon sink capacity of soils, soil renewal and sustainability, and the marginality principle.


568 pages, 97 black & white illustrations, 90 black & white tables

Mediji Grāmatas     Hardcover Book   (Grāmata ar cieto muguriņu un vāku)
Izlaists 2013. gada 10. jūnijs
ISBN13 9781466513464
Izdevēji Taylor & Francis Inc
Žanrs Aspects (Academic) > Science / Technology Aspects
Lapas 568
Izmēri 237 × 164 × 37 mm   ·   962 g
Valoda Angļu  
Redaktors Lal, Rattan (Ohio State University)
Redaktors Stewart, B.A.

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