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Soil Management and Vulnerability

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Soil management for sustainable agriculture is a challenge to the soil scientists of the country. With the regular loss of arable lands to urbanization and industrialization, the country has been thriving well due to its good soil management systems. The vulnerability of efficient soil management and how it is being addressed are presented in this chapter.

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Imamul Huq, S.M., Md. Shoaib, J.U. (2013). Soil Management and Vulnerability. In: The Soils of Bangladesh. World Soils Book Series, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1128-0_12

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