The soil under shifting cultivation / P.H. Nye, D.J. Greenland

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: England : CAB, 1960Description: vi, 156 p. : ill. ; 22 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 20 631.5818 NYE
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Contents

Introduction

Part 1: The fallow period
the range of fallows and soils
the amounts of nutrients in the fallow and soil
the nutrient cycle
the restoration of fertility under the fallow

Part II: The cropping period
the effect of clearing and burning
the decline in fertility under cropping


Part III: The system as a whole
soil fertility under native practice
retrospect and prospect

Includes references and index

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