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Book SynopsisI've seen the Sudan, traveled in South and Central America and been all over Europe, but I've never seen what I've been able to see on this tour [of the Loess Plateau, China].
-Ed Skidmore, soil scientist, Wind
Erosion Research Unit of the Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Manhattan, Kansas
Overpopulation is at the core of most environmental problems. The impacts of continued growth-with world population reaching 6 billion in October 1999-are felt in most parts of the world. China, the most populous nation, illustrates many of the pivotal problems-and solutions.
Although China faces the same effects of overpopulation as the rest of the world, it still feeds over a billion people on a tillable area that allows about one tenth of a hectare per person. The country's efforts to tie together soil and water conservation, dryland farming, and economic development have been largely successful. Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming explores these trials and the lessons learned
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"Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming presents these techniques and technologies to give you a forward looking perspective into the field, as well as the larger problem of tailoring food production to sustain the population."
--Vol. 32 NO. 1- 2001; Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America
Table of ContentsSection I: Dryland Farming Systems and Soil Water Management. Section II: Environmental Quality and Sustainability. Section III: Erosion Control Techniques and Strategies. Section IV: Soil and Water Conservation Planning and Regional Development. Section V: Water and Wind Erosion Processes. Section VI: Conclusions
