Soil and water conservation, and soil improvement one of the greatest challenges of our time!
9
(8)
Some of the wrong ideas and practices concerning soil conservation
17
(8)
Soil
25
(12)
A closer look at better plant nutrition
37
(22)
Improving the soil management
59
(36)
Erosion
95
(12)
Soil conservation theory
107
(14)
Soil and fertility conservation
121
(12)
Water conservation
133
(18)
Forestry and Agroforestry
151
(14)
Bamboo: An undervalued crop plant
165
(6)
Livestock
171
(4)
Some grasses and legumes for use in soil conservation
175
(8)
Practical surveying of land for soil conservation
183
(6)
Appropriate field trials
189
(12)
Weed control
201
(10)
What are the needs for research and development for genuine sustainable soil conservation and improvement; particularly that appropriate for normal third world situations?
211
(6)
Extension policy and methods
217
(12)
Other considerations
229
(12)
To close
241
(4)
Appendix 1 Converting slope/angle values
245
(2)
Appendix 2 Soils
247
(6)
Appendix 3 Waterways
253
(2)
Appendix 4 The Effects of Soil Management on Soil Erosion
255
(4)
Appendix 5 Assessing soil moisture content
259
(2)
Appendix 6 Glossary/dictionary of terms, words, and parts of words which help us to understand the meaning of the words
261
(18)
Appendix 7 Manures
279
(26)
Appendix 8 Soil micro organisms
305
(8)
Appendix 9 Cation exchange capacity (CEC)
313
(2)
References
315
(6)
Index
321
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