SOIL 308: Soil Degradation and Rehabilitation

Potential problems and management of major soil orders of Ghana.  Soil quality and land degradation, basic concepts, resilience and rehabilitation; Soil physical degradation: extent in Ghana and their causes, e.g. deforestation, erosion, mining, water-logging, etc.; Soil chemical degradation: extent in Ghana, depletion of soil nutrients and organic matter, sorption of non-ionic organic contaminant by soil, causes of chemical degradation e.g. leaching, salinity, sodicity, ameliorative measures; Chemical techniques; Soil biological degradation: extent in Ghana and causes, loss of beneficial micro-organisms, preponderance of harmful micro-organisms; soil macro-organisms: earthworms, termites; Soil restoration and reclamation practices.