World soil resources and food security
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton, Fla. :
CRC Press,
2012.
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| Series: | Advances in soil science (Boca Raton, Fla.) ;
v. 18. |
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| Online Access: | Distributed by publisher. Purchase or institutional license may be required for access. |
Table of Contents:
- ch. 1. Sustainable management of soil resources and food security / Rattan Lal and B. A. Stewart
- ch. 2. Global food situation and unresolved and emerging issues / Sahla Shapouri, Stacey Rosen, and Summer Allen
- ch. 3. World soil resources : opportunities and challenges / H. Eswaran, P.F. Reich, and E. Padamanabhan
- ch. 4. Soil resources and human adaptation in forest and agricultural ecosystem in humid Asia / S. Funakawa ... [et al.]
- ch. 5. Pedogenetic acidification in upland soils under different bioclimatic conditions in humid Asia / S. Funakawa ... [et al.]
- ch. 6. Soil resources affecting food security and safety in South Asia / Tapan J. Purakayastha ... [et al.]
- ch. 7. Formation and management of cracking clay soils (vertisols) to enhance crop productivity : Indian experience / D.K. Pal, T. Bhattacharyya, and Suhas P. Wani
- ch. 8. Role of nuclear and isotopic techniques in sustainable land management : achieving food security and mitigating impacts of climate change / Long Nguyen ... [et al.]
- ch. 9. New paradigm to unlock the potential of rainfed agriculture in the semiarid tropics / Suhas P. Wani ... [et al.]
- ch. 10. Land degradation / Freddy O. Nachtergaele, Monica Petri, and Riccardo Biancalani
- ch. 11. Where do we stand 20 years after the assessment of soil nutrient balances in sub-Saharan Africa? / E.M.A. Smaling ... [et al.]
- ch. 12. Research needs for credible data on soil resources and degradation / Rattan Lal.