Global map of salt-affected soils
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched the Global Map of Salt-Affected Soils, a key tool for halting salinization and boosting productivity. The map estimates that there are more than 833
Soil Salinisation
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Salinity status of tsunami-affected soil and water resources of South Andaman, India
The 2004 tsunami has created havoc and excessive devastation in terms of human lives and loss of infrastructure in coastal areas of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and rendered the soil and water resources salt-affected. In order to assess the changes in the relevant soil characteristics, viz. pH, electrical conductivity,
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Soil degradation and food security
The capacities of developing countries to increase food production for its people and alleviate rural poverty is largely threatened by hungry and thirsty lands which shows clear evidence of advanced and continuing degradation seriously affecting its productive resource base.
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WRD stops flow of saline water into fields
The Water Resources department has finally managed to plug saline water from gushing to the low lying fields of Ambelim and Velim late Monday night. Taking note of the gravity of the situation, workers deployed by the Water Resources department worked till late last night and built a wall like structure to prevent saline river water from entering inside.
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Crops for a salinized world
Cultivation of salt-tolerant crops can help address the threats of irreversible global salinization of fresh water and soils.
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Growth and productivity potential of Dalbergia Sissoo in short rotation coppice system on sodic soil
Performance of five year old coppice plants of Dalbergia sissoo was evaluated for biomass production on a sub-standard soil site. The study reveals potential of short rotation coppice system in D. sissoo for obtaining biomass energy and minor timber on sub-standard soil sites.
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Fly ash tested as substitute of fertilizer, rice husk and gypsum for tree plantation in sodic soils of Uttar Pradesh
A field experiment was conducted in Allahabad District of Uttar Pradesh to test the possibility of utilizing fly ash, in afforestation of sodic soil with Albizia procera, as a substitute of fertilizers and amendments. Fly ash proved to be a good substitute of rice husk, was superior. Similarly the treatments where fertilizer was replaced with fly ash have also shown better performance of plant.
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Coming of a desert
A rich country hit by the socio-economics of desertification winemakers in Spain could soon find themselves scrambling for juicy red grapes. People may also find olives and cheese missing from their salad plates. The olive and grape farms that thrived in the balmy Mediterranean could become relics of the past with countries like Spain facing the prospect of desertification. Almost
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Guidelines for implementation of national project on management of soil health and fertility
The impressive growth of consumption of fertilizer in India in the post-green revolution period ensured increase in foodgrain production from 74.0 million tonnes (MT) in 1966-67 to 209.8 MT during 1999-2000.
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Weak gene
Why Gobindobhog rice fails to yield in saline soil? gobindobhog aromatic rice is essential to many delicacies in eastern India. This small-grain rice variety commands high premium in domestic and international markets. But its cultivation is limited to a few districts, such as Nadia, Murshidabad, Bankura and Purulia, in West Bengal. Much of the state
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Krishna Basin development: Interventions to limit downstream environmental degradation
Since India gained Independence, the Krishna basin has seen an increasing mobilization of its water resources. Warnings of basin closure (minimal flow to the ocean) emerge during dry periods. Basin water development and local rural dynamics have led to a degradation of downstream ecosystems manifesting itself by salinizing soil and groundwater, increasing pollution, making mangroves disappear, and desiccating wetlands. Reversing this evolution requires the formal recognition of the environment as a water user in its own right and the implementation of an environmental water provision.