Lessons From Nature
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Lessons from Nature
Chapter-2
Soil

Soil is the most important factor in agriculture. Farmers who practice chemical agriculture often consider soil to be just a material which supports the plants and helps to provide the water and chemical fertilizer, but it is not such a simple matter. Because of this poor understanding of the soil, the power of the soil (not only fertility) is degraded year by year.


In this chapter we explore:
2.1 What is meant by the term "soil".
2.2 The functions and characteristics of the soil

to:2.1 What is soil