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| Preface | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| General | |
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| This Book and its Rationale | |
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| Aims and Approach | |
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| References | |
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| Human Population and Soil Degradation | |
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| Malthus and his Followers | |
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| Population Growth | |
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| Food Production and Soil Science | |
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| Trends in Crop Yields | |
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| Soil Resources and Limitations | |
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| Soil Fertility | |
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| Tropical Land Use and Management | |
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| Soil Degradation | |
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| Sustainable Land Management | |
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| Discussion and Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Plantation Agriculture | |
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| Introduction | |
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| History | |
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| Importance and Spreading of Plantation Agriculture | |
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| Research in Plantation Crops | |
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| Pros and Cons of Plantation Agriculture | |
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| Trends in Crop Yields | |
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| References | |
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| Soil Fertility Decline--Theoretical Considerations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Spatial and Temporal Boundaries | |
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| Data Types | |
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| Long-term Experiments | |
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| Soil Sampling, Soil Analysis and Errors | |
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| Spatial and Temporal Variation | |
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| Soil Changes and Nutrient Removal | |
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| Effects of Bulk Density | |
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| Interpretation of the Results | |
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| Discussion and Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Annual Crops | |
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| Selection Criteria and Soil Chemical Properties | |
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| Measured Change in Soil Properties--Type I Data | |
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| Measured Change in Soil Properties--Type II Data | |
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| Rates of Change | |
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| Semiquantitative Studies | |
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| Discussion and Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Perennial Crop Plantations | |
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| Soil Changes | |
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| Soil Erosion Under Perennial Crops | |
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| Type I and II Data | |
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| Rates of Change in Soil Chemical Properties | |
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| Semiquantitative Studies | |
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| Soil-process-oriented Studies | |
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| Environmental Impact | |
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| Discussion and Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Forest Plantations | |
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| History, Extent and Present Status | |
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| Soil Erosion on Forest Plantations | |
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| Type I and II Data | |
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| Rates of Change in Soil Chemical Properties | |
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| Semiquantitative and Soil-process-oriented Studies | |
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| Environmental Impact | |
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| Discussion and Conclusions | |
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| Differences Between Perennial Crops and Forest Plantations | |
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| References | |
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| Sugarcane Plantations | |
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| Soil Erosion Under Sugarcane | |
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| Type I and II Data | |
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| Rates of Change in Soil Chemical Properties | |
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| Semiquantitative Studies | |
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| Soil-process-oriented Studies | |
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| Environmental Impact | |
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| Discussion and Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Case 1--Sugarcane Plantation, Papua New Guinea | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Physical Environment | |
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| Research Methods | |
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| Type I and II Data | |
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| Rates of Change | |
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| Semiquantitative Data | |
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| Changes in Leaf Nutrient Contents | |
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| The Effects on Yield | |
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| Discussion and Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Case 2--Sisal Plantations, Tanzania | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Physical Environment | |
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| Research Methods | |
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| Type I and II Data | |
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| Rates of Change | |
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| Semiquantitative Data | |
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| The Effects on Yield | |
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| Discussion and Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Synthesis | |
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| Rates of Change in Soil Chemical Properties | |
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| Changes in Different Land-use Systems | |
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| Changes by Soil Order | |
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| Discussion | |
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| Effect on Crop Production | |
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| Sustainable Land Management | |
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| References | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| Rates of Soil Fertility Decline | |
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| Differences Between Land-use Systems | |
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| Quantification of Soil Fertility Decline | |
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| The Effects of Soil Fertility Decline | |
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| Future Research | |
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| Author Index | |
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| Subject Index | |