World soil resources and food security
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton, Florida :
CRC Press ,
c2012
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| Series: | Advances in soil science
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Sustainable management of soil resources and food security
- 2. Global food situation and unresolved and emerging issues
- 3. World soil resources: opportunities and challenges
- 4. Soil resources and human adaptation in forest and agricultural ecosystem in humid Asia
- 5. Pedogenetic acidification in upland soils under different bio climatic conditions in humid Asia
- 6. Soil resources affecting food security and safety in South Asia
- 7. Formations and management of cracking clay soils (vertisols) to enhance crop productivity: Indian experience
- 8. The role of nuclear isotopic techniques in sustainable land management: achieving food security and mitigating impacts of climate change
- 9. New paradigm to unlock the potential of rainfed agriculture in the Semiarid Tropics
- 10. Land degradation
- 11. Where do we stand, 20 years after the assessment of soil nutrient balances in Sub Saharan Africa?
- 12. Research needs for credible data on soil resources and degradation