<bold>Soils and Their Management in North East India, edited by U.C. Sharma, M. Datta and J.S. Samra.</bold>This book comprises 17 chapters (weather and its variation; physiography and resources; geology, mineralogy and genesis of soils; land and environmental degradation; land use systems; shifting cultivation and its improvement; soil acidity and amelioration; soil microbes and biofertilizers; soil fertility and crop response to nutrients; soil physical behaviour; organic farming; soil conservation and management strategies; energy management in land use systems; water and water resource management; agro-forestry for soil improvement; watershed development and strategies for sustainable agriculture). Eminent scientists having long experience of working in the region have contributed the chapters. It is a compendium of various facets of soil genesis existing in variable climatic environments in the region. Valuable indigenous land use systems, through which organic food is produced in bulk, are amply documented here.Shifting cultivation, soil acidity, uses of inorganic, organic and microbial fertilizers have been discussed in detail. Soil physical behaviour, which is very important for sustainable agriculture, also attracts a concerted attention in this book. Soil and water conservation, which have remained the key issues in the region, are illustrated in a suitable manner to evolve avenues for implementation of watershed and agro-forestry programmes.The last chapter “Strategy for Sustainable Agriculture” has been summed up nicely to carry the message of agricultural sustainability for ensuring to the millions, poverty-alleviation and employment-generation across the region.The book with all its valuable information will prove very useful reference for policy makers, planners, students and others engaged in agricultural development of the region.</sec></body></article></article></body></html>

JISSS

Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science

0019-638X

Indian Society of Soil Science

jisss-55-2-br002

BOOK REVIEW

Soils and their management in North East India

Prasad

R.N.

Dr.Former ADG (Soils)

Flat No. 574, Air Force Naval Officers' Enclave, Plot No. 11, Sector 7, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110075

62007

552231232

<bold>Soils and Their Management in North East India, edited by U.C. Sharma, M. Datta and J.S. Samra.</bold>This book comprises 17 chapters (weather and its variation; physiography and resources; geology, mineralogy and genesis of soils; land and environmental degradation; land use systems; shifting cultivation and its improvement; soil acidity and amelioration; soil microbes and biofertilizers; soil fertility and crop response to nutrients; soil physical behaviour; organic farming; soil conservation and management strategies; energy management in land use systems; water and water resource management; agro-forestry for soil improvement; watershed development and strategies for sustainable agriculture). Eminent scientists having long experience of working in the region have contributed the chapters. It is a compendium of various facets of soil genesis existing in variable climatic environments in the region. Valuable indigenous land use systems, through which organic food is produced in bulk, are amply documented here.Shifting cultivation, soil acidity, uses of inorganic, organic and microbial fertilizers have been discussed in detail. Soil physical behaviour, which is very important for sustainable agriculture, also attracts a concerted attention in this book. Soil and water conservation, which have remained the key issues in the region, are illustrated in a suitable manner to evolve avenues for implementation of watershed and agro-forestry programmes.The last chapter “Strategy for Sustainable Agriculture” has been summed up nicely to carry the message of agricultural sustainability for ensuring to the millions, poverty-alleviation and employment-generation across the region.The book with all its valuable information will prove very useful reference for policy makers, planners, students and others engaged in agricultural development of the region.</sec></body></article></article></body></html>