Red & Lateritic Soils
Author: J. L. Sehgal
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 490
ISBN-13: 9789054107712
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: J. L. Sehgal
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 490
ISBN-13: 9789054107712
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Michael Wilson
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2004-05-26
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9781402021374
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The red soils of China are typical in their chemical, physical and mineralogical characteristics of red soils in other tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world, particularly in South America, Africa and south-east Asia. For the most part, these soils are highly weathered and inherently infertile. They are acidic, nutrient deficient, poor in organic matter and have a low water-holding and supplying capacity. They cannot sustain arable cropping systems without the most careful management and are highly susceptible to soil erosion, particularly on sloping land. It is the purpose of this book to present recent research showing how the problems associated with using the red soils in China for sustainable agricultural production can be overcome, using a variety of traditional and novel approaches. In principle, these approaches should be useful in other tropical and sub-tropical countries faced with the problem of making the best use of their fragile red soil resources. The term "in principle" is used deliberately because, of course, the different red soil countries invariably operate within dissimilar socio-economic frameworks. At the present time, China may be considered to be in the process of an "industrial revolution", rather like that that took place in Britain in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Author: W.E. Blum
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 1997-11-30
Total Pages: 580
ISBN-13: 9789054102717
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Discusses the use of a soil database in national and regional development planning, a concept which has been progressively gaining importance for the effective management of natural resources. Topics include: land evaluation for land use planning; and soil degradation and sustainability.
Author: J. Sehgal
Publisher: National Bureau of Soil Survey & Land Use Planning
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Proceedings of the National Workshop on Red and Lateritic Soils held at NBSS & LUP, Regional Centre, Bangalore, in November 1990.
Author: M.J. Wilson
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2004-05-31
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 1402021380
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The red soils of China are typical in their chemical, physical and mineralogical characteristics of red soils in other tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world, particularly in South America, Africa and south-east Asia. For the most part, these soils are highly weathered and inherently infertile. They are acidic, nutrient deficient, poor in organic matter and have a low water-holding and supplying capacity. They cannot sustain arable cropping systems without the most careful management and are highly susceptible to soil erosion, particularly on sloping land. It is the purpose of this book to present recent research showing how the problems associated with using the red soils in China for sustainable agricultural production can be overcome, using a variety of traditional and novel approaches. In principle, these approaches should be useful in other tropical and sub-tropical countries faced with the problem of making the best use of their fragile red soil resources. The term "in principle" is used deliberately because, of course, the different red soil countries invariably operate within dissimilar socio-economic frameworks. At the present time, China may be considered to be in the process of an "industrial revolution", rather like that that took place in Britain in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.