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Challenges and Opportunities for Crop Production in Dry and Saline Environments in Arasia Member States
Author: International Atomic Energy Agency
Publisher: International Atomic Energy Agency
Published: 2018-08-31
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9789201019189
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This publication serves as a referencing guide for Member States and interested specialized readers wishing to work on agriculture in dry and saline environment, in particular located in the Middle East region. All information and instructions given in this guide are based on successful and sound practices applied in pertaining Member States for sustainable cropping of salt affected soils. It will help scientists and farmers to select management alternatives most efficient for agriculture in saline environments within their own countries. The publication also focuses on the possible use of isotopes techniques in dealing with salinity and droughts conditions affecting crop production.
Biosaline Agriculture as a Climate Change Adaptation for Food Security
Author: Redouane Choukr-Allah
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2023-02-27
Total Pages: 427
ISBN-13: 3031242793
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book presents recent research work on Biosaline Agriculture presented during First International Forum on Biosaline Agriculture in Laayoune, Morocco from May 3rd to May 4th 2019. The aim of this book is to showcase the global potential of Biosaline agriculture, provide an update on the development of recent innovations in the field of Biosaline agriculture, the best management practices to safely use brackish and saline water, highlight the use of non-conventional water in marginal environment production and the current advanced technologies of desalination of brackish and seawater. The different chapters will also discuss solutions that are adapted to local conditions as part of a sustainable development perspective. The book provides up-to-date technical and scientific data on growing crops under marginal environment so as to encourage the dissemination of this knowledge in the best practices to increase the productivity in Biosaline agriculture, in view of the potential to contribute to food security. The book is expected to stimulate interest in the non-conventional water resources and crops among junior and senior researchers and among those who are increasingly focused on exploiting marginal environments. It will also be of interest to decision-makers and the public and private sectors to jointly address the issues of food security especially of the poor and vulnerable people living in marginal environments worldwide by providing innovative technology transfer.
Halt soil salinization, boost soil productivity
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 2022-05-02
Total Pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9251360782
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The book of proceedings of the GSAS21 contains the papers presented during the Global Symposium on Salt-affected Soils that was held on 20-22 October 2022. The papers provide the up-to-date scientific knowledge and practical solutions for mapping, assessment, rehabilitation and sustainable management of saline and sodic soils as well as policy recommendations on actions needed to manage salt-affected soils, prevent soil degradation, and to upscale good practices and technologies on these soils.
Food and Nutrition Security in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Vol. 1
Author: Adam E. Ahmed
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2024-01-16
Total Pages: 477
ISBN-13: 3031467167
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Food and nutrition security is a major concern for Saudi Arabia and the surrounding regions due to the range of challenges they face. These challenges include limited agricultural resources, low self-sufficiency in key food staples, climate change, and high levels of food loss and waste. This book aims to evaluate and analyze the current situation and future prospects of food and nutrition security in Saudi Arabia. Additionally, it seeks to analyze and assess the roles and functions of various institutions related to food security, providing a deeper understanding of the complex problems associated with it. Furthermore, this book aligns with Kingdom Vision 2030, which includes a set of strategies and programs focused on agriculture, food, and water security. It also aligns with the institutional identity of King Faisal University's "Food Security and Environmental Sustainability". The book consists of four volumes. Volume 1, entitled "National Analysis of Agriculture and Food Security" aims to assess the current state of food security in Saudi Arabia, covering key aspects such as agriculture and food resources, food systems, crops, livestock, poultry, fisheries, animal health, food loss and waste, transportation and strategic reserve infrastructure, food security institutions, population, agricultural extension, climate change, agricultural mechanization, smart agriculture, and the utilization of solar energy. This book is highly significant for professionals, researchers, policymakers, and entrepreneurs involved in food and nutrition security in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf Cooperation Council, and various national and international organizations. It offers a comprehensive analysis of the obstacles and possibilities in ensuring food and nutrition security, as well as presenting practical approaches to address these issues. Additionally, graduate students studying in fields related to food and nutrition security will benefit from this book.
Mommy's Son
Author: Hui-Shin Wong
Publisher: Wong Hui Shin
Published: 2021-06-25
Total Pages: 102
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Rupert A. Lewis (RAL) is the eldest son of Wendy Ru and PAL (Philip). He is being categorized as a child prodigy in Science and Mathematics. He is 10 years old in year 2101 and he is recruited by AhKleh Planet Savier Society (APSS) on 2nd January 2101 like other talented children and highly intelligent individuals to join the mission to have a prosperous, healthy and perfectionism Universe especially applying to our planet, Earth. This book illustrates the detailed introduction of AhKleh and its related Task Force through the diary of RAL (Rupert). The main objective of this book is to create awareness and interest for the public to educate their highly talented children to join the mission of the Universe, not only think globally, yet, think about globally and beyond.
Terrestrial Environment and Ecosystems of Kuwait
Author: Majda Khalil Suleiman
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2024-01-01
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 3031462629
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is an outcome of collaborative efforts of a multidisciplinary team of scientists. The core objective of this book is to provide cross-sectoral information on the different aspects of the terrestrial environment and ecosystems of Kuwait. The book will be considered as a ready source of information for those seeking information on the terrestrial environment and ecosystems, assessment and restoration, as well as sustainable uses and management. In spite of Kuwait’s hyper-arid environment, it is rich in natural resources including a wide range of native plants, animal species, different habitats, protected areas, diversified soils and water and oil resources. While the desert of Kuwait constitutes various features, such as sand sheet, sand dunes, nebkhas, inland and coastal sabkhas, rock outcrop, wadis and farming areas, it is rich in flora and fauna (native plants, mammals, birds, reptiles, etc.). Due to changing climate, deserts of Kuwait as well as other countries are under severe threat of degradation and the degradation may be irreversible. To realize these impacts, an effort is being made to provide a ready source of information to highlight the potential threats to the terrestrial ecosystems and formulate adaptation and mitigation strategies for long-term ecosystems services in Kuwait as well as other countries located in a desert environment, such as Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, Africa and countries in the Arab region. The book includes sixteen chapters covering multidiscipline subjects (such as natural resources, climate and climate change, geographical features, terrestrial habitats, ecosystems and threats, water and soil resources, agriculture, food security, water-energy-food-climate nexus, green-grey-blue water footprints of various crops, etc.). Thus, this book is a unique resource that provides the latest scientific information in a single volume.
AhKleh Planet Savier Society (APSS)
Author: Hui-Shin Wong
Publisher: Wong Hui Shin
Published:
Total Pages: 397
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →AhKleh Planet Savier Society (APSS) is founded to monitor the safety and surveillance of the world and the world talents with an extremely important role to bring job opportunities to world talents at their age of 10 years old and beyond. These world talents are known as prodigies. In APSS, there are 10 featured Task Force. There are listed as below: 1) Willing-To-Die-Oxygen-Off Task Force (WiTDOO) 2) MUST-Succeed Research and Development 3) World Sound Monitoring Task Force (WSoM) 4) Say “No” Gender Discrimination (WoGDi) 5) Universe Mineral Discovery and Mining 6) Space Tourism 7) Universe Life Discovery and Inter-Planet Marriages 8) Global Warming and Climate Change 9) Natural Disaster Rescue 10) Information Security/ Cyber Security
Guideline for Salinity Assessment, Mitigation and Adaptation Using Nuclear and Related Techniques
Author: Mohammad Zaman
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-11-28
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 331996190X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This open access book is an outcome of the collaboration between the Soil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition Section, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria, and Dr. Shabbir A Shahid, Senior Salinity Management Expert, Freelancer based in United Arab Emirates.The objective of this book is to develop protocols for salinity and sodicity assessment and develop mitigation and adaptation measures to use saline and sodic soils sustainably. The focus is on important issues related to salinity and sodicity and to describe these in an easy and user friendly way. The information has been compiled from the latest published literature and from the authors’ publications specific to the subject matter. The book consists of six chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the terms salinity and sodicity and describes various salinity classification systems commonly used around the world. Chapter 2 reviews global distribution of salinization and socioeconomic aspects related to salinity and crop production. Chapters 3 covers comprehensively salinity and sodicity adaptation and mitigation options including physical, chemical, hydrological and biological methods. Chapter 4 discusses the efforts that have been made to demonstrate the development of soil salinity zones under different irrigation systems. Chapter 5 discusses the quality of irrigation water, boron toxicity and relative tolerance to boron, the effects of chlorides on crops. Chapter 6 introduces the role of nuclear techniques in saline agriculture.
Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensing
Author: International Atomic Energy Agency
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789201010179
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Nuclear and related techniques can help develop climate smart agricultural practices by optimizing water use efficiency. The measurement of soil water content is essential to improve the use of this resource in agriculture. However, most sensors monitor small areas (less than 1m in radius), hence a large number of sensors are needed to obtain soil water content across a large area. This can be both costly and labour intensive and so larger scale measuring devices are needed as an alternative to traditional point-based soil moisture sensing techniques. The cosmic ray neutron sensor (CRNS) is such a device that monitors soil water content in a non-invasive and continuous way. This publication provides background information about this novel technique, and explains in detail the calibration and validation process.
