Managing Soil Drought
eBook - ePub

Managing Soil Drought

  1. 440 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Managing Soil Drought

About this book

Global drylands, covering over 40% of Earth's land surface, are important among worldwide ecoregions and support large human and livestock populations. However, these ecologically sensitive ecoregions are undergoing a rapid transformation resulting from climate change, socioeconomic and political factors, increases in population, and ever-growing demands for goods and services.

Managing Soil Drought addresses basic processes and provides specific case studies throughout covering the protection, restoration, and sustainable management goals of global drylands under changing and harsh climatic conditions, including fragile and vulnerable ecosystems. The book is written by numerous researchers, academicians, practitioners, advocates, land managers, and policymakers involved in bringing about transformation in these regions important to human and nature. It includes information on basic strategies of sustainable management of global drylands aimed at improving water use efficiency through choosing appropriate species, developing new varieties, using organic and inorganic amendments, and scaling up innovative farming systems.

This volume in the Advances in Soil Sciences series is an essential read for development organizations and policymakers involved in improving crop productivity and sustainability in drought-prone regions; students, researchers, and academicians interested in sustainable management of water resources; and those involved in emerging concepts of regenerative agriculture, agroecology, and conservation agriculture.

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781032352404
eBook ISBN
9781003844914
Edition
1
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Biology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Editor
  9. Contributors
  10. Chapter 1 Enhancing Resilience to Pedological and Agronomic Droughts in Dryland Farming
  11. Chapter 2 Drought Management through Genetic Improvement in Dryland Cereals and Grain Legumes
  12. Chapter 3 Economic and Policy Issues of Drought Management
  13. Chapter 4 Soil, Water, and Nutrient Management in Drylands
  14. Chapter 5 Water Storage in the Rest Zone by Enhancing Soil Organic Matter Content in the Rest Zone
  15. Chapter 6 Drought Management in Soils of the Semi-Arid Tropics
  16. Chapter 7 Managing Drought in Semi-Arid Regions through Improved Varieties and Choice of Species
  17. Chapter 8 Engineering Abiotic Stresses in Crops by Using Biotechnological Approaches
  18. Chapter 9 Groundwater’s Geochemical Status in Agricultural and Sustainable Use (Western Mitidja, Algeria)
  19. Chapter 10 Saharan Agriculture: Strategic Choice, Environmental Issues in a Perspective of Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture. Case of Northeastern Sahara of Algeria
  20. Chapter 11 Soil and Water Management by Climate Smart and Precision Agriculture Systems under Arid Climate
  21. Chapter 12 Managing Soil Drought in Agro-Ecosystems of North China Plains
  22. Chapter 13 Soil Drought and Human Health
  23. Chapter 14 Drought and Soil Structure
  24. Index