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Forewords
Acknowledgements
List
of Abbreviations
Part 1. Rocks for Crops
1. Introduction.
2. Agrominerals
and farming.
3. Agrogeology,
an emerging trans-disciplinary science.
4. Enhancing
soil productivity with agrominerals.
4.1 Phosphate rocks.5. Agrominerals in greenhouses and plant nurseries.4.1.1 Factors affecting agronomic performance of phosphate rocks.4.2 Liming materials.
4.1.2 Rock factors.
4.1.3 Soil factors.
4.1.4 Crop factors.
4.1.5 Management factors.
4.1.6 Guidelines for PR use in direct application.
4.1.7 Alternative options for PR utilization.
4.3 Sulphur and pyrite.
4.4 Gypsum.
4.5 Natural K-minerals and rocks.
4.6 Micronutrients.
4.7 Ground silicate rocks.
4.8 Natural zeolites.
4.9 Moisture storing rocks.
4.10 Wastes from selected mineral-based industries.
5.1 Perlite.6. Agrominerals and rocks for forestry, plantation crops and pasture.
5.2 Pumice.
5.3 Vermiculite.
5.4 Peat.
6.1 Applications of agrominerals in forestry.7. Agrominerals and rocks in agroforestry systems.
6.2 Application of agrominerals in perennial plantation crops.
6.3 Pasture.
8. Small-scale mining and processing of agrominerals.
9. Environmental aspects and concerns.
10. Outlook.
Part 2 – Agrominerals of sub-Saharan Africa
Terms
and Definitions.
Angola.
Benin.
Botswana.
Burkina
Faso.
Burundi.
Cameroon.
Cape
Verde.
Central
African Republic.
Chad.
Comoros.
Congo
(Democratic Republic of Congo).
Congo
(Republic of Congo).
Côte
d'Ivoire.
Djibouti.
Equatorial
Guinea.
Eritrea.
Ethiopia.
Gabon.
Gambia.
Ghana.
Guinea.
Guinea-Bissau.
Kenya.
Lesotho.
Liberia.
Madagascar.
Malawi.
Mali.
Mauritania.
Mauritius.
Mozambique.
Namibia.
Niger.
Nigeria.
Rwanda.
São
Tomé and Príncipe.
Senegal.
Seychelles.
Sierra
Leone.
Somalia.
South
Africa.
Sudan.
Swaziland.
Tanzania.
Togo.
Uganda.
Zambia.
Zimbabwe.
Index.
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