Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics

The second edition of this classic textbook covers advances in the last four decades, addressing critical issues such as food security, environmental sustainability, and multidisciplinary approaches. It includes new chapters on organic carbon in soil, soil biology, and agroforestry and is a go-to textbook for courses on tropical soils and a reference for soil and agricultural scientists and development professionals.

Format: Hardback
Length: 690 pages
Publication date: 10 January 2019
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

The long-awaited second edition of this classic textbook expands on the first edition to include advances made in the last four decades, bringing the topic completely up to date. The book addresses critical issues such as whether humanity can feed itself, and whether it can do so in environmentally sound and sustainable ways. Written from agronomic, environmental, and ecological standpoints, the textbook employs a multidisciplinary approach, including policymaking and plant genetic improvements, as well as ecosystem services, climate change, biodiversity, sustainability and resilience. New chapters in this second edition focus on organic carbon in soil, soil biology, soils in relation to livestock production and forestry, and agroforestry. The new edition will again be the go-to textbook for courses on tropical soils, and a reference textbook for soil and agricultural scientists and development professionals working in the tropics.

Weight: 1774g
Dimension: 214 x 261 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781107176058
Edition number: 2 Revised edition