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1. Principles of Sustainable Soil Management in Agroecosystems

   Edited by Rattan Lal, B.A. Stewart

   Series: Advances in Soil Science

   With the use of high-level soil management technology, Africa could feed several billion people, yet food production has generally stagnated since the 1960s. No matter how powerful the seed technology, the seedling emerging from it can flourish only in a healthy soil. Accordingly, crop yields in...

   To Be Published June 23rd 2013 by CRC Press
2. Soil Water and Agronomic Productivity

   Edited by Rattan Lal, B.A. Stewart

   Series: Advances in Soil Science

   Crop water use can be increased by management of surface runoff, groundwater, irrigation, and soil water. Technological innovations to enhance availability of water for agricultural crops depend on soil and site-specific conditions. Devoted to the principles and practices of enhancing water use...

   Published June 18th 2012 by CRC Press
3. World Soil Resources and Food Security

   Edited by Rattan Lal, B.A. Stewart

   Series: Advances in Soil Science

   Soil—The Basis of All Terrestrial Life Ancient civilizations and cultures—Mayan, Aztec, Mesopotamian, Indus, and Yangtze—were built on good soils, surviving only as long as soils had the capacity to support them. In the twenty-first century, productive soil is still the engine of economic...

   Published September 12th 2011 by CRC Press
4. Food Security and Soil Quality

   Edited by Rattan Lal, B.A. Stewart

   Series: Advances in Soil Science

   Just five years ago, it was generally believed that the number of food insecure people in the world was on continuous decline. Unfortunately, widespread soil degradation along with resistance to recommended agronomic practices, and little attempt to restore degraded soils have conspired with...

   Published June 22nd 2010 by CRC Press
5. Soil Quality and Biofuel Production

   Edited by Rattan Lal, B.A. Stewart

   Series: Advances in Soil Science

   From its humble beginning in the late 19th century?when Henry Ford’s first car was designed to run on ethanol?biofuel production has been on the rise with more than 26 billion liters produced in the U.S. in 2007. Ethanol made from biomass (rather than grains) holds great promise, including numerous...

   Published December 16th 2009 by CRC Press
6. Climate Change and Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in Central Asia

   Edited by Rattan Lal, M. Suleimenov, B.A. Stewart, D.O. Hansen, Paul Doraiswamy

   This book brings together current knowledge of terrestrial C sequestration in Central Asia. The themes treated include: biophysical environments, water resources, sustainable agriculture, soil degradation, the effects of irrigation schemes on secondary salinization, soil management and its...

   Published August 1st 2007 by Taylor & Francis