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Article: Soils, Land and Food: Managing the Land During the Twenty-First Century.(Book Review)
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- Environments
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- November 1, 2003
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Alan Wild. 2003. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 0-52182065-0 hardback, 0-521-52759-7 paperback. 246 pp.
Professor Wild is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Soil Science at the University of Reading. This volume appears to be a summary of knowledge acquired during his career, and applied to one of the critical questions for the new millennium, namely: how to manage a finite and fragile land and soil base, such as to feed a still rapidly growing global population. The book is clearly stated, but is essentially a summary. It dwells primarily on the characteristics which relate to the physical nature and techniques of maintenance of soils for ...