Soil survey investigations for irrigation | Land Portal

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décembre 1979
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FAODOCREP:6d3ee051-7218-572d-95b9-cb749f49035a
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190
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The pressing need for increased agricultural production in the years ahead can only be met by more efficient use of our land and water resources including more widespread and better irrigation in those regions where rainfall is inadequate. Production gains will be shortlived unless the attendant hazards of salinization, water logging and lowered fertility are kept in check by effective planning and management based on a thorough understanding of the soil conditions. Soil survey and land classification are generally accepted essential preliminaries to investment in irrigation development. This publication aims to describe the special requirements of soil survey for irrigation development, and assumes that the reader is familiar with basic soil science and soil survey techniques.

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Land and Water Division
Deputy Directory-General Natural Resources

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