Soil degradation in india: Challenges and potential solutions

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 3528-3570

  Bhattacharyya, Ranjan ^a   Ghosh, Birendra Nath ^b   Mishra, Prasanta Kumar ^b   Mandal, Biswapati ^c   Rao, Cherukumalli Srinivasa ^d   Sarkar, Dibyendu ^e   Das, Krishnendu ^f   Anil, Kokkuvayil Sankaranarayanan ^f   Lalitha, Manickam ^f   Hati, Kuntal Mouli ^g   Franzluebbers, Alan Joseph ^h  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (India)

^c Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidayala   (India)

^d CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DRYLAND AGRICULTURE   (India)

^e ICAR RESEARCH COMPLEX FOR NEH REGION   (India)

^f ICAR NATIONAL BUREAU OF SOIL SURVEY AND LAND USE PLANNING   (India)

^g INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE   (India)

^h NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Conservation agriculture; Land degradation; Nutrient management; Soil erosion; Sustainable crop intensification

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; AGROFORESTRY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND DEGRADATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; WATER EROSION;

INDIA;

EID: 84928966960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7043528     Document Type: Review

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