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

Overpopulation is at the core of most en

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SECTION I: DRYLAND FARMING SYSTEMS AND SOIL AND WATER MANAGEMENT

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SECTION II: ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY

chapter 24|18 pages

Erosional Effects on Agronomic Productivity

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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

chapter 54|10 pages

WEPP—Erosion Prediction Technology

chapter 56|8 pages

New Model of Soil Detachment by Water Flow

chapter 58|10 pages

L Factor for Short Steep Slopes