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Assessment of soil nutrient balance

Approaches and methodologies

Year of publication 2003

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 101

Author Roy, R.N.; Misra, R.V.; Lesschen, J.P.; Smaling, E.M.;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 9251050384

Synopsis (short abstract) Nutrient-balance assessments are valuable tools for delineating the consequences of farming on soil fertility. Various approaches and methods for different situations have been used. This bulletin presents a state-of-the-art overview of nutrient-balance studies. It brings out the evolution of the approaches and methods, provides for comparisons among them, features the improvements made, and highlights remaining issues. The analysis would be useful in further development of the assessment method ologies as reliable tools for devising time-scale soil fertility management interventions.

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