Author: T. F. Shaxson Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN: 9789251049440 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 128
Book Description
This publication discusses the processes above, within and below the soil that enable water to move and crops to grow, and is intended to help land users make better use and take better care of these basic resources. It aims to provide a solid basis for sound, sustainable soil moisture management. This document has been made more user-friendly by presenting a guide for field workers with activities, exercises and discussion topics in non-technical language, and by interspersing the text with illustrations and diagrams. The complete materials of this guide are included on the CD-ROM that accompanies this document
Author: Alexandra Bot Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN: 9789251053584 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 100
Book Description
The conference was organised to identify, describe, discuss and promote actions that will assist farmers to improve water-use efficiency in rainfed agriculture and drought-proof their systems. The publication contains an analytical sumary of the conference discussions, abstracts of papers submitted during the conference and discussion papers prepared to introduce the different topics. The full document is included on the accompanying CD-ROM.
Author: Ram Swaroop Meena Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand ISBN: 1839680954 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 156
Book Description
Poor soil and water management are often related to insufficient or poor rainfall distribution around the world. In modern agriculture, over-cultivation, deforestation, overgrazing, and high dependence on an irrigated cropping system with water-intensive crops increase soil and water erosion. This book examines ways of improving soil moisture management to support environmental, food, social, and economic security under a sustainable ecosystem.
Author: Elmer O. Fippin Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780267291557 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 42
Book Description
Excerpt from Soil Moisture and Crop Production The correction for this consists in creating a granular, or flocculated, condition Of the soil, so that a number Of small particles act together like a single larger particle. Granulation is important. The most effective size of granule ranges from the size Of corn kernels to that Of timothy seed. Inevitably there will be considerable finer material, SO that the mass will have a loamy structure. By loosening the soil, Opportunity is given for the maximum thickness of films and the largest proportion Of available water. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Daniel Hillel Publisher: Elsevier ISBN: 0323158706 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 263
Book Description
Optimizing the Soil Physical Environment Toward Greater Crop Yields contains the proceedings of an invitational panel convened during the International Symposium on Soil-Water Physics and Technology held at The Hebrew University Faculty of Agriculture in Rehovot, Israel, August 29 to September 5, 1971. Organized into 13 chapters, this book begins with a discussion on the criteria for determining the aims and direction of research in soil physics and technology. Some chapters deal with the transformation and fluxes of energy and matter in the field, particularly water, soil temperature, soil structure, soil salinity, radiation climate, and nutrient supply and uptake. The book also explores the methods of measuring, managing, and modifying the crop production system to greater agricultural advantage. This book will reflect not only what is known, but also what is missing in the incomplete conception of this environment.
Author: T. F. Shaxson
Author: Canada. Department of Agriculture
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Author: Joseph Alexander Jeffery
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Author: Henry Howard Finnell
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Author: Elmer O. Fippin
Author: Bobby A. Stewart
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