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Author : Jorge Delgado,Clark Gantzer,Gretchen Sassenrath
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0985692324
Author : Chris Reij,Ian Scoones,Calmilla Toulmin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781134175932
Indigenous soil and water conservation practices are rarely acknowledged in the design of conventional development projects. Instead, the history of soil and water conservation in Africa has been one of imposing external solutions without regard for local practice. There is a remarkably diverse range of locally developed and adapted technologies for the conservation of water and soil, well suited to their particular site and socio-economic conditions. But such measures have been ignored, and sometimes even overturned, by external solutions. Sustaining the Soil documents farmers' practices, exploring the origins and adaptations carried out by farmers over generations, in response to changing circumstances. Through a comparative analysis of conservation measures - from the humid zones of West Africa to the arid lands of the Sudan, from rock terraces in Morocco to the grass strips of Swaziland - the book explores the various factors that influence adoption and adaptation; farmers' perceptions of conservation needs; and the institutional and policy settings most favorable to more effective land husbandry. For the first time on an Africa-wide scale, this book shows that indigenous techniques work, and are being used successfully to conserve and harvest soil and water. These insights combine to suggest new ways forward for governments and agencies attempting to support sustainable land management in Africa, involving a fusion of traditional and modern approaches, which makes the most of both the new and the old.
Author : Paul W. Unger
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006-10-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781482277876
Save time and effort with this practical guide to all aspects of water and soil conservation Soil and Water Conservation Handbook is a concise, compact encyclopedia of the policies, practices, conditions, and terms related to soil and/or water conservation. This handy A-to-Z guide contains descriptions of more than 700 entries, presented in a practical, non-technical format that’s suitable for beginners as well as experts. It’s a ready reference source of information for researchers, extension agents, policymakers, academics, and anyone else concerned about soil and water conservation. Internationally acclaimed soil scientist Dr. Paul Unger has called on his 35 years experience researching the effects of tillage, crop residues, and soil management as well as his observations in more than 40 countries to assemble a resource on soil and water conservation that's concise but comprehensive. Sources for the book’s main and secondary entries—many of which are cross-referenced—include technical journals, bulletins, reports, farm magazines, commercial leaflets, books, and Internet resources. Soil and Water Conservation Handbook also includes a detailed table of contents and an index, allowing quick and easy access to any entry. Soil and Water Conservation Handbook includes entries that cover: climate characteristics cropping systems and sequences erosion types human factors management issues planting and seeding methods crop residue types and management practices soil and land conditions tillage methods water control practices and much more Soil and Water Conservation Handbook is an invaluable reference for researchers, agricultural extension agents, Natural Resource Conservation Service personnel, educators and students, land managers, and farmers.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Soil conservation
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211343137
Author : United States. Agricultural Research Service. Soil and Water Conservation Research Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Soil conservation
ISBN : UOM:39015022524766
Abstracts for Dec. 1954- issued in the Agricultural Research Service's series ARS-41.
Author : United States. Soil Conservation Service. Information Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Soil conservation
ISBN : MINN:31951002832517C
Author : J. H. Stallings
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Soil conservation
ISBN : UFL:31262087213657
Author : Chris Reij,Ian Scoones,Calmilla Toulmin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781134175864
Indigenous soil and water conservation practices are rarely acknowledged in the design of conventional development projects. Instead, the history of soil and water conservation in Africa has been one of imposing external solutions without regard for local practice. There is a remarkably diverse range of locally developed and adapted technologies for the conservation of water and soil, well suited to their particular site and socio-economic conditions. But such measures have been ignored, and sometimes even overturned, by external solutions. Sustaining the Soil documents farmers' practices, exploring the origins and adaptations carried out by farmers over generations, in response to changing circumstances. Through a comparative analysis of conservation measures - from the humid zones of West Africa to the arid lands of the Sudan, from rock terraces in Morocco to the grass strips of Swaziland - the book explores the various factors that influence adoption and adaptation; farmers' perceptions of conservation needs; and the institutional and policy settings most favorable to more effective land husbandry. For the first time on an Africa-wide scale, this book shows that indigenous techniques work, and are being used successfully to conserve and harvest soil and water. These insights combine to suggest new ways forward for governments and agencies attempting to support sustainable land management in Africa, involving a fusion of traditional and modern approaches, which makes the most of both the new and the old.
Author : Frederick R. Troeh,James Arthur Hobbs,Roy Luther Donahue
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : WISC:89037122355
Conserving soil productivity. Soil erosion and civilization. Geologic erosion and sedimentation. Water erosion and sedimentation. Wind erosion and deposition. Predicting soil loss. Soil surveys and land use planning. Cropping systems. Tillage practices for conservation. Conservation structures. Vegetating mining and construction sites. Vegetating other areas of high erosion hazard. Pastureland, rangeland, and forestland management. Water conservation. Drainage of cropland. Irrigation and reclamation. Soil and water pollution. Economics of soil conservation. Soil and water conservation agencies in the United States. Soil and water conservation around the world.
Author : Teddy Michael Zobeck
Publisher : ASA-CSSA-SSSA
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0891188525
Have agricultural management efforts begun in the desperation of the Dust Bowl brought us to where we need to be tomorrow? Questions about the environmental footprint of farming make this book required reading. Approximately 62% of the total U.S. land area is used for agriculture, and this land also provides critical ecosystem functions. Authors from each region of the continental United States describe the progress of soil and water conservation to date and visualize how agricultural production practices must change in future years to address the newest challenges.
Author : Jayne T. MacLean
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Soil science
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030017628522
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Water conservation
ISBN : UCR:31210024758201
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 890 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Soil conservation
ISBN : PURD:32754079048801
Abstracts for Dec. 1954- issued in the Agricultural Research Service's series ARS-41.
Author : Výzkumný ústav meliorací a ochrany půdy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Soil conservation
ISBN : CORNELL:31924073956660
Author : Frederick R. Troeh,James Arthur Hobbs,Roy Luther Donahue
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Nature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111912841
Written from an agronomic rather than an engineering perspective, this introduction to soil and water conservation explores a full range of topics and environmental issues, including some ignored or overlooked in other books on the subject. Comprehensive, up-to-date, and accessible, it considers the hazards posed by erosion, sedimentation, and pollution, and describes the techniques needed to conserve soil and maintain environmental quality. Situations and examples are drawn from many places to represent a cross-section of the soils, climates and cultures of the world, as well as the full scope of agricultural, engineering, mining, and other uses of the land. The volume covers conserving soil and water, soil erosion and civilization, geologic erosion and sedimentation, water erosion and sedimentation, wind erosion and deposition, predicting soil loss, soil surveys as a basis for land use planning, cropping systems, tillage practices for conservation, conservation structures, vegetating drastically disturbed areas, pastureland, rangeland, and forestland management, water conservation, soil drainage, irrigation and reclamation, soil pollution, water quality and pollution, economics of soil and water conservation, soil and water conservation agencies in the United States, and soil and water conservation around the world. For professionals that deal with soil and water conservation.