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1 Lal, R.; Maurya, P. R.; Osei-Yeboah, S. 1978. Effects of no tillage and ploughing on efficiency of water use in maize and cowpea. Experimental Agriculture, IITA reprint series no.28. 14:113-120.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 2038 Record No: H08970)
2 Lal, R.. 1994. Water management in various crop production systems related to soil tillage. Soil and Tillage Research, 30:169-185.
Tillage ; Irrigation efficiency ; Water use efficiency ; Runoff ; Drainage ; Water harvesting ; Soil moisture ; Water quality ; Soil salinity ; Rice
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 3922 Record No: H016981)
3 Tenywa, M. M.; Lal, R.. 1998. Impact of landscape position on soil erodibility. In Bhushan, L. S.; Abrol, I. P.; Rao, M. S. R. M. (Eds.), Soil and water conservation: Challenges and opportunities - Volume 1. New Delhi, India: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. pp.263-270.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.4 G000 BHU Record No: H022707)
4 Lal, R.. (Ed.) 1998. Soil quality and agricultural sustainability. Chelsea, MI, USA: Ann Arbor Press. xi, 378p.
Soil management ; Soil properties ; Soil degradation ; Soil erosion ; Soil conservation ; Soil fertility ; Fertility ; Nitrogen ; Natural resources ; Agroforestry ; Sustainable agriculture ; Rice ; Wheat ; Water resource management ; Environmental effects / Africa / Africa South of Sahara / Tanzania / Nigeria / South Asia / India / Latin America / Brazil / Savanna Zone
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.4 G000 LAL Record No: H023808)
5 Lal, R.; Sanchez, P. A. (Eds.) 1992. Myths and science of soils of the tropics. Madison, WI, USA: Soil Science Society of America; American Society of Agronomy. xvii, 185p. (SSSA special publication no.29)
Soil properties ; Soil fertility ; Soil management ; Climate ; Soil water ; Infiltration ; Rain ; Drought ; Soil moisture ; Fertilizers ; Nitrogen ; Soil degradation ; Soil structure
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.4 G000 LAL Record No: H024731)
6 Lal, R.; Kimble, J.M.; Follett, R.F.; Cole, C.V. 1998. The potential for U.S. cropland to sequester carbon and mitigate the greenhouse effect. USA: Ann Arbor Press. xv, 128p. :ill ;26 cm.
(Location: IWMI-SEA Call no: 574.52 G430 LAL Record No: BKK-306)
7 Lal, R.; Pierce, F.J. 1991. Soil management for sustainability. Iowa, USA: Soil and Water Conservation Society. 190p.: ill.;23 cm.
(Location: IWMI-SEA Call no: 631.45 G000 LAL Record No: BKK-146)
8 Lal,R.. 2000. Intergrated watershed management in the global ecosystem. London, UK; New York, USA: CRC Press. 395p.: ill.; 24 cm.
(Location: IWMI-SEA Call no: 333.7315 G000 LAL Record No: BKK-157)
Based on the proceedings of the international conference on "Global Challenges in Ecosystem Management in Watershed Context" held in Toronto, Canada in July 1997.
9 Lal, R.; Kimble, J.; Levine, E.; Stewart, B.A. 1995. Soil management and greenhouse effect. Boca Raton, USA: Lewis Publishers. 385p.: ill.; 26 cm. (Advances in soil science)
(Location: IWMI-SEA Call no: 574.526404 G000 LAL Record No: BKK-175)
10 Lal, R.. 1988. Soil erosion research methods. Iowa, USA: The Soil and Water Conservation Society. xiii, 244p.: ill.; 23cm.
(Location: IWMI-SEA Call no: 631.45072 G000 LAL Record No: BKK-319)
11 den Biggelaar, C.; Lal, R.; Wiebe, K.; Breneman, V. 2004. The global impact of soil erosion on productivity: Absolute and relative erosion-induced yield losses. Advances in Agronomy, 81:1-48.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H033907)
12 den Biggelaar, C.; Lal, R.; Wiebe, K.; Eswaran, H.; Breneman, V.; Reich, P. 2004. The global impact of soil erosion on productivity: Effects on crop yields and production over time. Advances in Agronomy, 81:49-95.
Erosion ; Estimation ; Soils ; Food production ; Crop yield ; Maize ; Millets ; Sorghum ; Potatoes ; Soyabeans ; Wheat
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H033908)
13 Srivastava, J. P.; Tamboli, P. M.; English, J. C.; Lal, R.; Stewart, B. A. 1993. Conserving soil moisture and fertility in the warm seasonally dry tropics. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. x, 81p. (World Bank technical paper no.221)
Soil management ; Soil moisture ; Soil conservation ; Soil fertility ; Land use ; Groundwater management ; Tillage ; Water harvesting ; Supplementary irrigation ; Erosion ; Engineering ; Vertisols ; Fertilizers
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.4 G000 SRI Record No: H037615)
14 Lal, R.. 2006. Carbon sequestration and climate change with specific reference to India. In Indian Society of Soil Science. International Conference on Soil, Water and Environmental Quality: Issues and Strategies, Proceedings, New Delhi, India, 28 January – 1 February 2005. New Delhi, India: Indian Society of Soil Science. pp.295-302.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G635 IND Record No: H038943)
15 Tan, Z. X.; Lal, R.; Wiebe, K. D. 2006. Global soil nutrient depletion and yield reduction. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 26(1):123-146.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7595 Record No: H039193)
16 Lal, R.. 2006. Enhancing crop yields in the deveoping countries through restoration of the soil organic carbon pool in agricultural lands. Land Degradation and Development, 17:197-209.
Soil management ; Soil properties ; Crop yield ; Climate change ; Food security ; Developing countries
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 7920 Record No: H040217)
17 Cassman, K. G.; Wood, S.; Choo, P. S.; Cooper, H. D.; Devendra, C.; Dixon, J.; Gaskell, J.; Khan, S.; Lal, R.; Lipper, Leslie; Pretty, J.; Primavera, J.; Ramankutty, N.; Viglizzo, E.; Wiebe, K.; Kadungure, S.; Kanbar, N.; Khan, Z.; Leakey, R.; Porter, S.; Sebastian, K.; Tharme, Rebecca. 2005. Cultivated systems. In Hassan, R. ; Scholes, R. ; Ash, N. (Eds.). Ecosystems and human well-being: current state and trends. Volume 1. Washington, DC, USA: Island Press. pp.745-794.
Cultivation ; Cropping systems ; Farming systems ; Livestock ; Rainfed farming ; Fisheries ; Biodiversity ; Irrigation water ; Water use efficiency ; Water quality ; Soil fertility ; Climate ; Policy ; Marketing ; Agroforestry
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.5 G000 CAS Record No: H040847)
18 Lal, R.. 1998. Soil erosion impact on agronomic productivity and environment quality. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 17(4):319-464. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07352689891304249]
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 8024 Record No: H042987)
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Soil erosion is a global issue because of its severe adverse economic and environmental impacts. Economic impacts on productivity may be due to direct effects on crops/plants on-site and off-site, and environmental consequences are primarily off-site due either to pollution of natural waters or adverse effects on air quality due to dust and emissions of radiatively active gases. Off-site economic effects of erosion are related to the damage to civil structure, siltation of water ways and reservoirs, and additional costs involved in water treatment. There are numerous reports regarding the on-site effects of erosion on productivity. However, a vast majority of these are from the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Europe, and only a few from soils of the tropics and subtropics. On-site effects of erosion on agronomic productivity are assessed with a wide range of methods, which can be broadly grouped into three categories: agronomic/soil quality evaluation, economic assessment, and knowledge surveys. Agronomic methods involve greenhouse and field experiments to assess erosion-induced changes in soil quality in relation to productivity. A widely used technique is to establish field plots on the same soil series but with different severity of past erosion. Different erosional phases must be located on the same landscape position. Impact of past erosion on productivity can also be assessed by relating plant growth to the depth of a root-restrictive horizon. Impact of current erosion rate on productivity can be assessed using field runoff plots or paired watersheds, and that of future erosion using topsoil removal and addition technique. Economic evaluation of the on-site impact involves assessment of the losses of plant available water and nutrients and other additional inputs needed due to erosion. Knowledge surveys are conducted as a qualitative substitute for locations where quantitative data are not available. Results obtained from these different techniques are not comparable, and there is a need to standardize the methods and develop scaling procedures to extrapolate the data from plot or soil level to regional and global scale. There is also a need to assess on-site impact of erosion in relation to soil loss tolerance, soil life, soil resilience or ease of restoration, and soil management options for sustainable use of soil and water resources. Restoration of degraded soils is a high global priority. If about 1.5109 ha of soils in the world prone to erosion can be managed to effectively control soil erosion, it would improve air and water quality, sequester C in the pedosphere at the rate of about 1.5 Pg/year, and increase food production. The risks of global annual loss of food production due to accelerated erosion may be as high as 190106 Mg of cereals, 6106 Mg of soybeans, 3106 Mg of pulses, and 73106 Mg of roots and tubers. The actual loss may depend on weather conditions during the growing season, farming systems, soil management, and soil ameliorative input used. Erosion-caused losses of food production are most severe in Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and elsewhere in the tropics rather than in other regions.
19 Pretty, J.; Sutherland, W. J.; Ashby, J.; Auburn, J.; Baulcombe, D.; Bell, M.; Bentley, J.; Bickersteth, S.; Brown, K.; Burke, J.; Campbell, H.; Chen, K.; Crowley, E.; Crute, I.; Dobbelaere, D.; Edwards-Jones, G.; Funes-Monzote, F.; Godfray, H. C. J.; Griffon, M.; Gypmantisiri, P.; Haddad, L.; Halavatau, S.; Herren, H.; Holderness, M.; Izac, A-M.; Jones, M.; Koohafkan, P.; Lal, R.; Lang, T.; McNeely, J.; Mueller, A.; Nisbett, N.; Noble, Andrew; Pingali, P.; Pinto, Y.; Rabbinge, R.; Ravindranath, N. H.; Rola, A.; Roling, N.; Sage, C.; Settle, W.; Sha, J. M.; Shiming, L.; Simons, T.; Smith, P.; Strzepeck, K.; Swaine, H.; Terry, E.; Tomich, T. P.; Toulmin, C.; Trigo, E.; Twomlow, S.; Vis, J. K.; Wilson, J.; Pilgrim, S. 2010. The top 100 questions of importance to the future of global agriculture. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 8(4):219-236. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3763/ijas.2010.0534]
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043303)
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Despite a significant growth in food production over the past half-century, one of the most important challenges facing society today is how to feed an expected population of some nine billion by the middle of the 20th century. To meet the expected demand for food without significant increases in prices, it has been estimated that we need to produce 70–100 per cent more food, in light of the growing impacts of climate change, concerns over energy security, regional dietary shifts and the Millennium Development target of halving world poverty and hunger by 2015. The goal for the agricultural sector is no longer simply to maximize productivity, but to optimize across a far more complex landscape of production, rural development, environmental, social justice and food consumption outcomes. However, there remain significant challenges to developing national and international policies that support the wide emergence of more sustainable forms of land use and efficient agricultural production. The lack of information flow between scientists, practitioners and policy makers is known to exacerbate the difficulties, despite increased emphasis upon evidence-based policy. In this paper, we seek to improve dialogue and understanding between agricultural research and policy by identifying the 100 most important questions for global agriculture. These have been compiled using a horizon-scanning approach with leading experts and representatives of major agricultural organizations worldwide. The aim is to use sound scientific evidence to inform decision making and guide policy makers in the future direction of agricultural research priorities and policy support. If addressed, we anticipate that these questions will have a significant impact on global agricultural practices worldwide, while improving the synergy between agricultural policy, practice and research. This research forms part of the UK Government’s Foresight Global Food and Farming Futures project.
20 Lal, R.; Sivakumar, M. V. K.; Faiz, S. M. A.; Rahman, A. H. M. M.; Islam, K. R. (Eds.) 2010. Climate change and food security in South Asia. New York, NY, USA: Springer. 600p.
Climate change ; Adaptation ; Global warming ; Glaciers ; Food security ; Water storage ; Soil degradation ; Carbon cycle ; Erosion ; Solar energy ; Greenhouse effect ; Land management ; Land use ; Food production ; Population growth ; Fisheries ; Aquaculture ; Irrigation management ; Crop production ; Rice ; Farming systems ; Cereals ; Pests ; Models ; Sea level ; Waste management ; Composting ; Forest management ; Economic impact ; Epidemiology / South Asia / India / Australia / Bangladesh / Himalayas
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338.19 G570 LAL Record No: H043442)
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