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Research on Anthropogenic Dark Earth Soils. Could It Be a Solution for Sustainable Agricultural Development in the Amazon?

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It has become clear that the economic and cultural growth of humanity is not unlimited, but, to the contrary, it can be seriously constrained by the way resources are administered and managed. The awareness of this perception has made the concept of sustainable development a precondition for economically and socially healthy societies (Hiraoka and Mora 2001). Agricultural systems will have to meet the demands of growing populations, and natural resources will be under increasing pressure (Doran et al. 2002). Changes are happening in our concepts about agricultural development, the use of natural resources, and the stability of the global environment (Doran 2002). The appropriate management of natural resources is unquestionably indispensable in all sectors of agriculture. Governments are investing considerable amounts of resources in research and development projects to provide new products and technologies that may form the basis for sustainable sectoral development.

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  1. Embrapa Solos, Rua Jardim Botânico, 1024, 22460-000, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Beáta E. Madari

  2. Department of Geography, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, 62026, USA

    William I. Woods

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  1. Institute of Soil Science and Soil Geography, University of Bayreuth, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany

    Bruno Glaser

  2. Department of Geography, Southern Illinois University, 62026, Edwardsville, IL, USA

    William I. Woods

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Madari, B.E., Sombroek, W.G., Woods, W.I. (2004). Research on Anthropogenic Dark Earth Soils. Could It Be a Solution for Sustainable Agricultural Development in the Amazon?. In: Glaser, B., Woods, W.I. (eds) Amazonian Dark Earths: Explorations in Space and Time. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05683-7_13

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