Combating Desertification with Plants
Contributors: D. Pasternak (Editor); Arnold Schlissel (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780306466328
Subjects: Applied ecology; Management of land & natural resources; Land Conservation; Soil Ecology; Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Agriculture - Agronomy; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Life Sciences - Botany; Biological diversity; Biological sciences; Crops; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES:Sustainable development; Environmental science; Forestry; Plant Sciences; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Nature : Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Science : Life Sciences - Botany; Africa; Congresses; Plants for soil conservation; Soil conservation
First sentence: Over the last century world agriculture has undergone a major transition from pre-dominantly precarious subsistence agriculture to a highly capitalised farm industry.