ABSTRACT
"I've seen the Sudan, traveled in South and Central America and been all over Europe, but I've never seen what I've been able to see on this tour [of the Loess Plateau, China]."
-Ed Skidmore, soil scientist, Wind
Erosion Research Unit of the Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Manhattan, Kansas
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION I: DRYLAND FARMING SYSTEMS AND SOIL AND WATER MANAGEMENT
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SECTION II: ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
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SECTION III: EROSION CONTROL TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES
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SECTION IV: SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION PLANNING AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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SECTION V: WATER AND WIND EROSION PROCESSES