| Description |
1 online resource (374 pages) |
| Contents |
Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Human Population and Soil Degradation; 3 Plantation Agriculture; 4 Soil Fertility Decline -- Theoretical Considerations; 5 Annual Crops; 6 Perennial Crop Plantations; 7 Forest Plantations; 8 Sugarcane Plantations; 9 Case 1 -- Sugarcane Plantation, Papua New Guinea; 10 Case 2 -- Sisal Plantations, Tanzania; 11 Synthesis; 12 Summary and Conclusions; Author Index; Subject Index |
| Summary |
It is generally assumed that soil fertility decline is widespread in the tropics. In contrast, perennial plant cover provides better protection for the soil. This book reviews these concepts, focusing on soil chemical changes under different land-use systems in the tropics, including perennial crops, annual crops, and forest plantations |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Soil fertility -- Tropics
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Soil degradation -- Tropics
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Agriculture -- Tropics -- Case studies
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Agriculture
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Soil degradation
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Soil fertility
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Tropics
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780851998497 |
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0851998496 |
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