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-Paddy rice cultivation is a major land use on Andosols in lowlands with shallow groundwater.
-Andosols are easy to cultivate and have good root-ability and water storage properties.
-Strongly hydrated Andosols are difficult to till because of their low bearing capacity and their stickiness.
-Andosols have a high potential for agricultural production.
-The strong phosphate fixation of Andosols (caused by active Al and Fe) is a problem.
-Soils that have develop from volcanic ejecta or glasses under almost any climate.
-On steep slopes are perhaps best kept under forest.
-Andosols are suitable for a wide variety of crops including sugar cane, tobacco and sweet potato.
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