Organic-inorganic composite and desertification prevention

Author: Wang Zhouqiong
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: This book belongs to the applied basic research results of desertification prevention and control, serving as a reference for researchers, educators, and technical personnel engaged in desertification prevention, agricultural ecology, soil fertility, soil improvement, as well as desertification monitoring, agricultural technology extension, and organic compound fertilizer production. It is a cross-disciplinary research outcome in soil fertility and desertification prevention, with the primary focus on soil degradation. The book attempts to explore the process of desertification (land degradation) and its prevention measures from the perspectives of consolidating and enhancing soil fertility and the nutrient cycling of oasis farmland ecosystems in arid regions. The book is divided into 8 chapters. Based on long-term field experiments and research, the author comprehensively and systematically elaborates on new concepts of desertification, land degradation ecosystems in desertified areas, ecological agriculture characterized by organic-inorganic composite inputs, desertification prevention systems, the construction of desertification monitoring networks, and the advantages of organic natural resources such as peat, brown coal, and weathered coal. The book emphasizes and proposes that the organic-inorganic composite input, consisting of green manure engineering and organic-inorganic composite engineering, is a major strategic measure for desertification prevention, which will promote the sustainable development of agriculture and animal husbandry economies in the northern desertified regions of China.