Management of Soil Problems
Soils are neither good nor bad, but some have inherent or acquired characteristics that may or may not suit our intended use. Unsuitable characteristics are considered to be soil problems, soil constraints or soil limitations. Only twelve percent of
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Management of Soil Problems
Management of Soil Problems
Khan Towhid Osman
Management of Soil Problems
Khan Towhid Osman Department of Soil Science University of Chittagong Chittagong, Bangladesh
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For my uncle A. K. M. Abdur Rashid Who was there by the grace of Almighty for me and my family when we were in dire need
Preface
Management of Soil Problems is intended for students of all levels of Soil Science, Agronomy, Horticulture, Forestry, Geography and Environmental Sciences. The soil is a limited non-renewable resource, and the formation of one centimeter depth of fertile surface soil may need several hundreds to thousands of years in nature. Still the area of fertile and productive soils is continuously decreasing for increasing pressures on soils, land-use changes, and soil mismanagement. Moreover, only twelve percent of the global soil area has a few or no limitations to agricultural use; others have some sorts of problems of variable degrees. But, there are many misconceptions about soil use and management, particularly regarding the so-called problem soils and soil problems. Actually, there are a few soils that can be called problem soils in their natural state. If allowed to remain in an undisturbed condition, all soils can function appropriately in their own ecosystems. However, some soils can acquire, during their genesis and evolution under a set or sets of so
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