Soils and Food Security
Soil is essential to agriculture and a resource that cannot be replaced easily. Nevertheless, its importance to food production and the threats to its sustainability are often overlooked. This book, the 35th volume of Issues in Environmental Science and Technology, examines the current status of soils across the globe and their potential for food production to meet the needs of the World's population in the 21st Century. Threats, such as the degradation, pollution and erosion of soil are discussed, along with the possible consequences of climate change for soil and food production. As an ecosystem service, soil also serves to capture nutrient…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Harrison, R M (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-84973-543-8
- EAN: 9781849735438
- Produktnummer: 36244093
- Verlag: Royal Society Of Chemistry
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 252 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 0 KB
Über den Autor
Ronald E Hester is at the University of York, UK Roy M Harrison OBE is at the University of Birmingham, UK
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