Conservation and Improvement of Sloping Lands, Vol. 1: Practical Understanding

ISBN-13: 9781578082018 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 336 str.

P. J. Storey

Opis

A manual for any rural development worker faced with the basic problem of farmers in the developing world - how to gain the maximum production from their land while at the same time conserving soil and fertility.

Spis treści

1. Soil and water conservation, and soil improvement one of the greatest challenges of our time! 2. Some of the wrong ideas and practices concerning soil conservation 3. Soil 4. A closer look at better plant nutrition 5. Improving the soil management 6. Erosion 7. Soil conservation theory 8. Soil and fertility conservation 9. Water conservation 10. Forestry and Agroforestry 11. Bamboo: An underyalued crop plant 12. Livestock 13. Some grasses and legumes for use in soil conservation 14. Practical surveying of land for soil conservation 15. Appropriate field trials 16. Weed control 17. What are the needs for research and development for genuine sustainable soil conservation and improvement; particularly that appropriate for normal third world situations? 18. Extension policy and methods 19. Other considerations 20. To Close

O autorze

P J Storey