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Management properties of ferralsols

Year of publication 1979

Pages 118

Author Land and Water Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title FAO Soils Bulletin

Series number 0253-2050

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The FAO Soil Map of the World has in part filled the gap created by the absence of an internationally accepted classification system. Ferralsols have been selected as the first soil order for which a reference publication should be made; they occur in tropical regions, where communications and the transfer of knowledge has not kept pace with the rapid development and the needs of growing populations.

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