1. ARID LAND RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT Arid Land Research and Management, a cooperating journal of the International Union of Soil Sciences, is a common outlet and a valuable source of information for fundamental and applied research on soils affected by aridity. This journal covers land ecology, including flora and fauna, …
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Agricultural Disaster Management in Bangladesh. H. Brammer. The University Press, Dhaka, 1999, xix + 427 p. ISBN 984-05-1448-2. Hardcover. This book, the third volume of a series on agricultural aspects of Bangladesh, includes selected papers on agricultural disaster management based on the author s thirty-five years experience in agricultural development …
Tropical Ecosystems and Ecological Concepts. P.L. Osborne. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New York, 2000, xiv + 464 p. ISBN 0-521-64251-5, hardcover; 0-521-64523-9, Softcover. Over one third of the earth s terrestrial surface is situated in the tropics, with environments ranging from hot deserts to tropical rain forests. This introductory …
Waste Composting for Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture: Closing the Rural-Urban Nutrient Cycle in Sub-Saharan Africa. P. Drechsel and D. Kunze, editors. International Water Management Institute, Colombo; FAO, Rome; and CABI Publishing, Wallingford and New York, 2001, xviii + 229 p. ISBN 92-5-104591-7 (FAO); and 0-85199-548-9 (CABI). Hardcover. Rapid urbanization has …
Handbook for the Assessment of Soil Erosion and Sedimention Using Environmental Radionuclides. F. Zapata, editor. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, 2002, xii + 219 p. ISBN 1-4020-1041-9. Hardcover. This handbook deals with soil erosion and sedimentation. Soil erosion and associated sediment deposition are natural landscape-forming processes that can be greatly …
Tropical Soils. Properties and Management for Sustainable Agriculture. A.S.R. Juo and K. Franzluebbers. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, 2003, ix + 281 p. ISBN 0-19-511598-8. Hardcover. There are many images of agriculture in the tropics: the luxuriant cash and tree crop plantations on the rich volcanic soils in Latin …
Drafting Legislation for Sustainable Soils: A Guide. IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 52. I. Hannam and B. Boer. IUCN The World Conservation Union, Gland and Cambridge, 2004, x + 100 p. ISBN 2-8317-0813-3. Softcover. The World Summit on Sustainable Development recognised the importance of promoting programs for the …
Ecosystems. J.E. Yang, T.M. Sa and J.J. Kim, editors. The Korean Society of Soil Science and Fertilizer, The Korean Society of Agriculture and Environment and the Rural Development Administration, 2005, 267 p. ISBN 89-954086-1-8. Softcover. This publication contains the papers presented at a symposium under the title of the book, …
Handbook of Microbial Biofertilizers. M.K. Rai, editor. Food Products Press, an imprint of The Haworth Press, New York, London, 2006, xxv + 579 p. ISBN 1-56022-270-0, softcover; 1-56022-269-9 hardcover. This handbook provides in-depth coverage of all major microbial biofertilizers (Rhizobia, Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi and Cyanobacteria), as well as new and …
