%0 Journal Article
%A Wani, S P
%A Ramakrishna, A
%D 2002
%F icrisat:3860
%I International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics 
%J SATrends Monthly Newsletter
%P 1-2
%T Alfisols of the Semi-Arid Tropics: Problems and Potentials
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/3860/
%V 24
%X 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