Special Report on Soil Conservation in Nigeria
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 16, 2008

The Soil and Water Conservation Society, an international professional and scientific membership society headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa, has just released a special report entitled Soil Conservation in Nigeria: Past and Present On-Farm and On-Station Initiatives. The report reviews agronomic, soil management, and mechanical methods of soil conservation in Nigeria.

In a Foreword to the special report, Dr. Rattan Lal of the Ohio State University provides a context for the utility of the report and the urgency of improving soil conservation practices in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Lal states that “resource-poor and small land holders in SSA and elsewhere in the developing world must be paid for ecosystem services rendered through the adoption of recommended management practices.”

The report is available for free download at /en/publications/soil_conservation_in_nigeria/