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" Food security and soil quality / "
edited by Rattan Lal and B.A. Stewart.
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BL
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961590
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b715960
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| Title & Author
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Food security and soil quality /\ edited by Rattan Lal and B.A. Stewart.
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| Publication Statement
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Boca Raton, FL :: CRC Press,, ©2010.
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| Series Statement
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Advances in soil sciences
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xiii, 416 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations, maps (some color) ;; 25 cm.
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143980057X
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: 9781439800577
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction : 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 [and others] -- The role of fertilizers in food production / A. Roy -- Conservation agriculture, improving soil quality for sustainable production systems? / N. Verhulst [and others] -- Soil quality management in Brazil / C.E. Cerri [and others] -- Organic matter knowledge and management in soils of the tropics related to ecosystem services / C. Feller [and others] -- Temporal changes in productivity of agricultural systems in Punjab, India and Ohio, USA / A. Dubey and R. Lal -- Soil quality and ethics : the human dimension / R. Lal -- Comprehensive management of nutrients in dryland soils of China for sustainable agriculture / S.-X. Li and Z.-H. Wang.
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| Abstract
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This book does provide policymakers and others with an understanding of the depth, complexity, and immediacy of this crisis, but more than a call to action, it also offers soil scientists working in this area with an understanding of what is being done and what needs to be done. Most importantly, this book helps us understand that the situation is not beyond remediation were we to act with great resolve and a sense of urgency.
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Food security.
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Soils-- Quality.
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Soil quality.
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Food security.
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Soils-- Quality.
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| Dewey Classification
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338.1/9
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HD9000.5.F5968 2010
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Lal, R.
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Stewart, B. A., (Bobby Alton),1932-
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