Screen LibraryFood security and soil quality
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| Group Author: | ; ; |
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| Published: |
CRC Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Boca Raton |
| Publication Dates: | c2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Advances in soil science |
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 416 p., [2] p. of plates: ill., maps (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781439800577 (alk. paper) 143980057X (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | TS201 |
| CLC: | TS201.6 |
| Call Number: | TS201.6/F686-19 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Food security and soil quality / R. Lal and B.A. Stewart -- Managing soils to address global issues of the twenty-first century / R. Lal -- Farming systems and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa / W.A. Payne -- Assessment of land degradation, its possible causes and threat to food security in Sub-Saharan Africa / P.L.G. Vlek, Q.B. Le, and L. Tamene -- Crop productivity, fertilizer use, and soil quality in China / M. Fan ... [et al.] -- The role of fertilizers in food production / A. Roy -- Conservation agriculture, improving soil quality for sustainable production systems? / N. Verhulst ... [et al.] ... |