@article{icrisat3860,
       publisher = {International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics },
            year = {2002},
           title = {Alfisols of the Semi-Arid Tropics: Problems and Potentials},
           pages = {1--2},
          author = {S P Wani and A Ramakrishna},
          volume = {24},
         journal = {SATrends Monthly Newsletter},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/3860/},
        abstract = {Alfisols are the third most important soil order in the world, covering 13.1\% of the world area.
In the semi-arid tropics, Alfisols cover a much larger area of potentially arable and grazable
lands than Vertisols, which have until now received far more attention from ICRISAT
researchers. About 62\% of the world?s Alfisols are located in West Africa and India}
}