Different soils have unique inherent problems that come in the way of achieving the sustainable high productivity. The problems include acidity in hill and laterite soils, nutrient leaching in sandy soils, nutrient fixation in red, laterite and clayey soils, impeded drainage in swell-shrink soils, volatilization losses of N from calcareous soils, Zn deficiency in low organic matter, sandy, high pH and high water table soils, B deficiency in highly calcareous ...
