Soil Health and Sustainability in India
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Soil Health and Sustainability in India

  1. 514 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Soil Health and Sustainability in India

About this book

An in-depth resource that explores soil health issues in India

Soil Health and Sustainability in India delivers a comprehensive overview of the problems surrounding soil health in the different regions of India, The book documents both soil degradation and soil health improvements in agricultural systems. It looks at how to mitigate soil health hazards such as waterlogging, acidity, soil salinity, and soil compaction. It also discusses soil health constraints in different ecoregions and suggests potential solutions for enhancing environmental and socio-economic issues regarding soil in the sub-continent.

Past and current soil conservation programs in India are reviewed in detail to better understand how production and policy-related issues affect soil and water conservation. Incentives needed to address the most critical problems are also discussed. Encouraging results associated with watershed-scale soil and water conservation programs together with effective interventions to reduce land degradation and improve productivity are covered. Finally, pervasive physical, chemical, and biological soil health constraints present in different ecoregions are also discussed in detail.

Soil Health and Sustainability in India explores

  • Deforestation and removal of natural vegetation through overgrazing and land use change
  • Depletion of organic matter in soil, by excessive tillage, heavy machinery used for harvesting, and lack of adequate soil conservation measures
  • Salt pollution from the textile, glass, rubber, animal hide processing, metal processing, and pharmaceutical industries
  • Soil erosion by water, wind, and cyclonic storms, and different types of soil, including brown and red hill soils, alluvium-derived soils, lateritic soils, and podzolic soils

Soil Health and Sustainability in India is a timely resource on soil health in India. It is aimed at soil scientists, agronomists, industry professionals, and students of soil health, crop science, and agriculture seeking to understand India's soil conservation problems and find solutions to improve soil health in such a regionally diverse country.

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Yes, you can access Soil Health and Sustainability in India by Ranjan Bhattacharyya, Douglas L. Karlen in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Agronomy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
ACSESS
Year
2025
Print ISBN
9780891187394
eBook ISBN
9780891187424
Edition
1
Topic
Technology & Engineering
Subtopic
Agronomy
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Soil Health Insights fromĀ India
  7. Preface
  8. Chapter 1 Agricultural Ecoregions and Soil Health Challenges Within the Indian Sub-Continent
  9. Chapter 2 Soil Health in the Indian Himalayan Region
  10. Chapter 3 Arid Eco-Region and Dryland Soil Health
  11. Chapter 4 Regional Soil Health Assessments: : CentralSemi-arid Region of India
  12. Chapter 5 Regional Soil Health Assessments: : Eastern Sub-humid Soil Health in India
  13. Chapter 6 Coastal Region Soil Health: Problems and Perspectives from India
  14. Chapter 7 Soil Health and Its Quality in Southern Peninsular India
  15. Chapter 8 Soil Health in Indian Vertisols
  16. Chapter 9 Strategies for Restoring Soil Health in Indian Himalayan Region
  17. Chapter 10 Strategies for Restoring and Enhancing Soil Health in India: Management Practices to Restore Soil Health in Arid, Semi-Arid, and Plateau Regions
  18. Chapter 11 Enhancing Soil Health by Mitigating Salinity in India
  19. Chapter 12 Mitigating Soil Acidity and Waterlogging Impacts on Soil Health in India
  20. Chapter 13 Conservation Agriculture Strategies for Enhancing Soil Health
  21. Chapter 14 Managing Crop Residue for Soil Health Improvement in India
  22. Chapter 15 Recommendations forĀ Long-Term Soil Health Enhancement inĀ India
  23. EULA