Manual on Integrated Soil Management and Conservation Practices
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2000
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Rome, Italy: UN-FAO
Abstract
Soil resources depletion is a wide-spread, direct threat to the sustainability of agricultural production. Dramatic changes in soil management concepts are needed to counter the threat. This manual proposes options for such changes, addressing a very broad variety of topics related to agricultural land management ranging from chemical and physical attributes of soils, soil management concepts, mechanization and tillage, mulching and green manure, erosion control and water resources management, to concepts of participative transfer of technologies.
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Participatory processes, Soil degradation, Soil erosion, Soil conservation, Soil management, Green manure crops, Agriculture, Soil, Conservation tillage, Fertilization, Conservation agriculture, soil management, mechanization and tillage, mulching and green manure, erosion control and water resources, participative transfer of technologies, Field Scale
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FAO Land and Water Bulletin 8