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There has been growing concern that both intensive agriculture in the developed world and rapid expansion of crop cultivation in developing countries is damaging the health of soils which are the foundation of farming. At the same time we are discovering much more about how complex soils are as living biological systems. This volume reviews the latest research on soil monitoring and management.

Part 1 starts by reviewing soil classification, sampling and ways of monitoring soil dynamics. Part 2 surveys key techniques for managing soil, from irrigation and fertiliser use to crop rotations, intercropping and cover crops. The final part of the book discusses ways of supporting smallholders in maintaining soil health in regions such as Africa, Asia and South America.

With its distinguished editor and international team of expert authors, this will be a standard reference for soil scientists and agronomists as well as the farming community and government agencies responsible for monitoring soil health. It is accompanied by a companion volume looking at developments in soil science.

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Author Biography

Dr Don Reicosky is an Emeritus Soil Scientist, formerly at the North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory, Morris, Minnesota, USA, a leading laboratory for soil and plant research at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Dr Reicosky has published widely on carbon management and soil quality as related to soil health, understanding and optimising soil management through conservation agriculture for more sustainable production.; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

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Copyright year 2018

Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing

Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing

Burleigh Dodds Subliscience Publishing was established in 2015 by former staff at the award-winning Woodhead Publishing.  Our vision is to help solve one of the world’s greatest challenges: to feed the world’s growing population. There is an urgent need for a more climate-smart agriculture able to feed a growing population whilst, at the same time, adapting to (and not exacerbating) climate change.  Our goal is to build collections of research on key topics in agricultural science so that researchers can build on existing work and collaborate more effectively. We are achieving this by using ’smart-publishing’ to help achieve ’climate-smart’ agriculture.

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
  • Publication Date August 2018
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9781786761927
  • Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
  • FormatHardback
  • Primary Price 200 GBP
  • Pages462
  • ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Copyright Year2018
  • Dimensions229 X 152 mm
  • SeriesBurleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
  • Series Part49
  • Reference Code9781786761927

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