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Use of Soil Amendments in an Integrated Framework for Adaptive Resource Management in Agriculture and Forestry

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Adaptive Soil Management : From Theory to Practices

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Agricultural practices involving intensive applications of chemical fertilizers can be harmful to the environment. Soil amendments can serve as an alternative source of plant nutrients and simultaneously improve the physical, chemical and biological properties of soils. Many soil amendments are produced from organic and inorganic waste materials. The amendment application practices therefore not only support the agricultural productivity but also facilitate an environmental friendly disposal and recycling of the wastes. This also helps the farmers to reduce their cost of production. Most of the soil amendments supply nutrients to plants over a longer period of time in a slow release process. However, best management practices should be adapted in order to harness the optimum benefits of soil amendments in agricultural and forestry production systems. This chapter aims to present an overview of various soil amendments in relation to their already existing and/or potential applications for improving the productivity and health of soils.

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The authors thank the editors for the invitation to contribute the chapter. BS acknowledges the Department of Education and Training, Australian Government, for awarding him the Endeavour Research Fellowship. BBB, SS, and DB acknowledge their parent organization, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). SM is grateful to the Department of Education, Australian Government, for providing her an Australian Post-graduate Award.

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  1. Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, University Boulevard, Mawson Lakes, SA, 5095, Australia

    Binoy Sarkar & Sanchita Mandal

  2. ICAR-Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research, Boriavi, Anand, 387310, India

    B. B. Basak

  3. ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Kausalyanga, Bhubaneswar, 751002, India

    Subhas Sarkar

  4. ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, 753006, India

    Debarati Bhaduri

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  1. Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Institute of Agricultural Science, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Amitava Rakshit

  2. Institute of Environmental and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Purushothaman Chirakuzhyil Abhilash

  3. Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

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Sarkar, B., Basak, B.B., Sarkar, S., Mandal, S., Bhaduri, D. (2017). Use of Soil Amendments in an Integrated Framework for Adaptive Resource Management in Agriculture and Forestry. In: Rakshit, A., Abhilash, P., Singh, H., Ghosh, S. (eds) Adaptive Soil Management : From Theory to Practices. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3638-5_7

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