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Innovative Saline Agriculture (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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Innovative Saline Agriculture (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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The land degradation due to salinity and waterlogging is a global
phenomenon, afflicting about one billion hectares within the
sovereign borders of at least 75 countries. Besides staring at the
food security, it has far reaching and unacceptable socio-economic
consequences since a large proportion of this land is inhabited by
smallholder farmers. The anthropogenic-environmental changes and
the climate change are further adding to the problem of salinity
and waterlogging. The phenomenon of sea-level rise will bring more
areas under waterlogged salinity due to inundation by sea water.
Thus, dealing with the salinity in reality is becoming a highly
onerous task owing to its complex nature, uncertainty and
differential temporal and spatial impacts. Nevertheless, with the
need to provide more food, feed, fuel, fodder and fiber to the
expanding population, and non-availability of new productive land,
there is a need for productivity enhancement of these lands. In
fact, the salt-affected and waterlogged lands cannot be neglected
since huge investments have been made throughout the world in the
development of irrigation and drainage infrastructure. The social,
economic and environmental costs being high for theon-and/off-farm
reclamation techniques, saline agriculture including agroforestry
inculcated with modern innovative techniques, is now emerging as a
potential tool not only for arresting salinity and waterlogging but
for other environmental services like mitigate climate change,
sequester carbon and biodiversity restoration. This publication
attempts to address a wide range of issues, principles and
practices related to the salinity involved in rehabilitation of
waterlogged saline soils and judicious use of saline waters
including sea water. Many of the site specific case studies typical
to the saline environment including coastal ecologies sustaining
productivity, rendering environmental services, conserving
biodiversity and mitigating climate change have been described in
detail. Written by leading researchers and experts of their own
fields, the book is a must, not only for salinity experts but also
for policy makers, environmentalists, students and educationists
alike. More importantly, it contributes to reversing the salinity
trends and teaches to sustain with salinity ensuring the livelihood
of resource-poor farming families leaving in harsh ecologies
including coastal areas which are more vulnerable to climate
change.
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