%A S P Wani
%A A Ramakrishna
%I International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics 
%V 24
%L icrisat3860
%J SATrends Monthly Newsletter
%P 1-2
%D 2002
%T Alfisols of the Semi-Arid Tropics: Problems and Potentials
%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