Principles of Sustainable Soil Management in Agroecosystems

by Rattan Lal and Bobby A. Stewart

With the use of high-level soil management technology, Africa could feed several billion people, yet food production has generally stagnated since the 1960s. No matter how powerful the seed technology, the seedling emerging from it can flourish only in a healthy soil. Accordingly, crop yields in Africa, South Asia, and the Caribbean could be doubled or tripled through adoption of technologies based on laws of sustainable soil management. Principles...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1466513462
• ISBN13: 9781466513464
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 568 Pages
• Weight: 2.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.2"