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"This two-volume set in Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science may
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focused on sustainable agriculture and recent advances in research
on key crop and animal species. Many scholars and students today
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and courses, yet the value of comprehensive books that review
specific topics cannot be ignored. The compilation on soil health
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emerging topic in agriculture and food production... descriptions
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interpretations by experts in the field contribute to the timeless
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sciences. They should be part of contemporary library collections
and available to everyone." Prof. Charles Francis in Agronomy
Journal "The books offer a valuable insight into the fundamentals
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that both intensive agriculture in the developed world and rapid
expansion of crop cultivation in developing countries is damaging
the health of soils which are the foundation of farming. At the
same time we are discovering much more about how complex soils are
as living biological systems. This volume reviews the latest
research on soil science. After an overview of the role of soil as
a provider of ecosystem services and in conservation agriculture,
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discusses soil dynamics, from water and nutrient cycles to carbon
capture and erosion mechanisms. With its distinguished editor and
international team of expert authors, this will be a standard
reference for soil scientists and agronomists as well as the
farming community and government agencies responsible for
monitoring soil health. It is accompanied by a companion volume
looking at soil monitoring and management.
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