At present, there is no comprehensive text book on 'Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management' and applied aspects suitable for farmers. This book will provide comprehensive information on the subject matter and fulfil the needs of students and other professionals. This book makes an attempt to present the available information on soil conservation and fertility management for agriculture in a cogent and easily understandable manner. This is a book containing all sorts of chapters on soil conservation and soil fertility management for farming. Though this book primarily written to serve as a text book/reference for the students of agriculture in under graduate and post graduate levels and technologists in developing organizations, it is hoped that this book will be valuable for similar groups in the third world countries of Asia and Africa. This book also serves as a valuable reference for the candidates preparing Agricultural Research Services and other competitive examinations. Professional Institutions in Soil Conservation, Krishi Vigyan Kendra's and Rural Institutions and similar other Institutions would find this book very much helpful. The farmers may refer this book to practice integrated farming and cropping systems as the considerable emphasis is placed for obtaining maximum, profitable production per unit area per unit time.

The book contains fourteen chapters which include all aspects of Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management such as Introduction, Soil Fertility and Productivity, Source of Plant Nutrients, Fertilizers, Bio-Fertilizers, Soil Organic Matter, Soil Fertility Management and Fertilizer Use, Loss of Nutrient from the Soil, Organic Farming, Farming Systems, Sustainable Agriculture, Nutrient Management, Agronomic Measures in Soil and Water Conservation and Moisture Stress and Conservation in Dry lands with adequate references. Each chapter is brief, comprehensive full-fledged with respect to technical information.

It is hoped that the book will serve a good reference source for those interested in soil conservation and fertility management for agriculture.