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TODAY:

370 000 people were born

160 000 died

World population increased by 210 000



Written by Anthony Young

 

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Books by Anthony Young

 

The Physical Environment of Northern Nyasaland and The Physical Environment of Central Malawi (with Peter Brown)

A Geography of Malawi (with Doreen Young)


World Vegetation (with Dennis Riley)

Slopes

Slope Development (with Doreen Young)

Tropical Soils and Soil Survey

Soil Survey and Land Evaluation (with David Dent)

Land Degradation in South Asia

Agroforestry for Soil Conservation

Agroforestry for Soil Management

Land Resources: Now and for the Future

Thin on the Ground: Land Resource Survey in British Overseas Territories

Joint authorship of FAO manuals:

A Framework for Land Evaluation
Land Evaluation for Rainfed Agriculture
Land Evaluation for Forestry
Guidelines for Land Use Planning
Land Resource Potential and Constraints at Regional and Country Levels

 

Selected articles:

On Population Policy and Agriculture:

Young, A. 2005 Poverty, hunger and population policy: linking Cairo with Johannesburg. Geographical Journal 171: 83-95.

On Available Cultivable Land:

Young, A. 2000. How much spare land exists? Bulletin of the International Union of Soil Sciences No. 97, (2000/1), 51-55.

Young, A. and Nachtergaele, F. O. 2003. Potential and constraints of soils for increased agricultural production: how much spare land? In People matter: food security and soils (ed. R. Lahmar, M. Held and L. Montanarella, Torba Soil and Society, Montpellier, France), 21-31.

On Soil Monitoring:

Young, A. 1991. Soil monitoring: a basic task for soil survey organizations. Soil Use and Management 7, 126-130.

Malawi: a case study

Young, A. 1999. Malawi 1959 - 1999: a 40-year perspective. Tropical Agriculture Association Newsletter 19(3), 20-22.ng, A. 1999. Malawi 1959 - 1999: a 40-year perspective. Tropical Agriculture Association Newsletter 19(3), 20-22.Young, A. 1999. Malawi 1959 - 1999: a 40-year perspective. Tropical Agriculture Association Newsletter 19(3), 20-22.