Soil Fertility Management for Sustainable Agriculture

by Rajendra Prasad

Sustainability of agricultural systems is a major global concern due to population growth and a number of environmental factors. This book addresses the key to the development of sustainable agriculture-management of soil fertility. Combining data from temperate and tropical regions, it presents a complete picture of how various soils can best be managed under widely different environmental conditions.
Soil Fertility Management for Sustainable Agriculture is an excellent reference for environmental and agricultural professionals as well as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students preparing for a career in agriculture or soil fertility management.

382 pages, Hardcover

First published June 30, 1997

About the author

Dr. Rajendra Prasad is the former Chair of the Division of Agronomy, and now, ICAR National Professor at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) in New Delhi, India. Dr. Prasad holds B.Sc. (Ag.) and M.Sc. (Ag) (1956) degrees from Agra University, Government Agricultural College, Kanpur Campus, and a Ph.D. degree (1961) from Mississippi State Uni- versity. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi. Dr. Prasad has published over 150 research papers and participated in a number of national and international seminars. He is a recipient of the
Hooker Award of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (New Delhi), the Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Prize of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (New Delhi), and the Silver Jubilee Award of the Fertilizer Association of India (New Delhi) for his contributions in soil fertility and fertilizer nitrogen management. He is a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy and National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (India). Dr. Prasad was the Sec- retary of the Indian Society of Agronomy for the period of 1975 to 1978 and was Vice President and Executive Chairman for 1979 and 1980. He is a member of editorial board of the Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, Berlin. Dr. Prasad has been teaching a course on soil fertility and its manage- ment at IARI for the last 20 years and has guided over 30 graduate students in obtaining their Ph.D. degrees in agronomy. His students today occupy senior positions in state agricultural universities, institutes of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, and the fertilizer industry in India.