Soils, Land and Food
Subtitle: Managing the Land during the Twenty-First Century
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 27, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780521527590
Subjects: Ecological science, the Biosphere; Management of land & natural resources; Soil fertility; Land use; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Soil management; Agriculture - Agronomy; Science / Ecology; Food supply; Agriculture - General; Management
First sentence: Agriculture is often seen as conservative in the sense that it changes only slowly.
Description: "The book leads the reader through the development of techniques of land management and discusses reasons why some agricultural projects have succeeded while others have failed. It shows how surveying and protecting soils before new land is brought into cultivation, raising soil fertility, increasing inputs and improving economic conditions can all help to increase food production. Particular emphasis is placed on the need for both economic change and technological innovation in developing countries where, in many cases, food production will need to more than double in the next 50 years."--Jacket.