01-01-2003 In this 7th Annual Report, the Soil Management CRSP describes how it enables customers to make better nutrient, carbon, water and overall land management decisions on a global scale. Project Year 7, Annual Progress Report 64 pages, illustrated
Soil resources depletion is a widespread, direct threat to the sustainability of agricultural production. Dramatic changes in soil managment concepts are needed to counter the threat. This manual proposes options for such changes, addressing a very broad variety of topics related to agricultural...
Cropping systems, as well as timing, method of application and forms of fertilizer, can influence fertilizer efficiency. Although there are many factors which cause various practices to have different relative importance in different areas, the importance of having an actively growing root system...
01-11-1994 A collection of ideas identified from "Secrets of the Soil" to be shared with others to empower them. Compiled by Development Services Department, World Vision Australia 47 pages, illustrated
01-01-1997 This publication is a brief introduction to soil solarization, a nonpesticidal method of controlling soilborne pests by placing plastic sheets on moist soil during periods of high ambient temperature. 12 pages, illustrated, photos.
Este é um livro técnico e destina-se aos agrônomos de campo e a todos que trabalham na agropecuária e procuram uma resposta a inúmeros problemas que surgem diariamente, como: mau aproveitamento dos adubos, efeito cada vez mais pronunciado da seca, deficiências e doenças de toda espécie mas de...
Degradation of soils continues at a pace that will eventually create a local, regional, or even global crisis when diminished soil resources collide with increasing climate variation. It's not too late to restore our soils to a more productive state by rediscovering the value of soil management,...
Although it's not too easy, good garden soil has to be achieved and then maintained by a continuous program of good growing practices. The first step in this program is to find out the specific needs of your soil through soil testing. This booklet starts at the beginning and explains how to have...
This book was written to inform both the farming community and the environmentalist, ecologist, politicians, opinion-formers and the general public of the benefits of zero tillage, which establishes a strong link between the concerns of soil conservation and obligations to the envirnment.