SOIL MANAGEMENT

Catalog description

The course will cover the principal soil properties including genesis, dynamic and development, soil physical and chemistry properties, soil fertility and fertilizers; dynamic role of clay and oxide material; organic material; role and dynamics of the major microorganisms; soil transformation in tropical soils, soil and water conversation; drainage and irrigation; soil pH and salinity; plant nutrition; new techniques for soil sampling and testing; pH and organic amendments: tillage and cropping systems: soli uses; advances in soil classification and survey, techniques for soil conversation and use in urban development; government agencies and programs; study cases in soil management.