Prospects of Saline Agriculture in the Arabian Peninsula
Author: United Arab Emirates. Wizārat al-Zirāʻah wa-al-Tharwah al-Samakīyah
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9781884940323
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Prospects for Saline Agriculture
Author: R. Ahmad
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-11-09
Total Pages: 453
ISBN-13: 9401700672
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Saline land is a resource capable of significant production. Recent advances in research in breeding for salt tolerance in wheat, biotechnology in rice, and selection and rehabilitation of salt-tolerant plants are of economic importance in arid/saline conditions. This book gives some practical approaches for saline agriculture and afforestation, and describes examples of cultivating salt-tolerant/halophytic plants for commercial interest on salt-affected land or with highly salinized water in Australia, China, Central Asia, Egypt, Pakistan, and Russia. It also explores the possibilities of arid/saline agriculture and afforestation in UAE.
Improving crop growth and water productivity on salt-affected soils in the lower Karkhen river basin.
Multifunctionality and Impacts of Organic and Conventional Agriculture
Author: Jan Moudrý
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2020-07-22
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 178985931X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Organic farming aims to produce a number of crops, without the use of synthetic chemicals (pesticides) or fertilizers, while enhancing soil composition and promoting biodiversity. This is a traditional, more permanent type of farming that relies on ecosystem services to maintain the integrity of the landscape while still producing sufficient yields. In addition, conventional farming uses pesticides and fertilizers to maximize the yield of a particular crop or set of crops, which are typically genetically modified. This book covers several issues related to the multi-functionality and impacts of organic and conventional farming systems. Chapters cover topics related to organic farming and the economy, farm management, and innovative methods and approaches.
Prospects for productive use of saline water in West Asia and North Africa
Author:
Publisher: IWMI
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 54
ISBN-13: 9290906308
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This study of the potential to use saline water for irrigation in Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Tunisia concludes that it is technically feasible but its economic viability remains to be established. Expert opinion suggests that saline irrigated agriculture is most likely to succeed in the West Asia/North Africa region as a complement to small-scale mixed livestock and cropping farming systems. Precise quantification of the available saline water resources is not possible because of the lack of hard data. As a result, precise quantification of the likely impact of introducing saline irrigated agriculture on poverty alleviation and food security is also impossible, although anecdotal evidence suggests that this would be positive. The report argues that the environmental effects of saline irrigated agriculture--both positive and negative--need to be integrated into policies and decisions on the use of saline water. Uses other than agricultural (for example, amenity uses, industrial, landscaping, carbon sequestration or biomass production for energy) also need to be considered, and may be more socially and economically beneficial.
A review of management strategies for salt-prone land and water resources in Iran
Author: Asad Sarwar Qureshi
Publisher: IWMI
Published: 2007-11-16
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9290906812
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Approximately half of the irrigated area of Iran falls under different types of salt-affected soils and average yield losses may be as high as 50 percent. Slightly and moderately salt-affected soils are mostly found on the piedmonts at the foot of the Elburz (Alborz) Mountains in the northern part of the country. The soils having severe to extreme salinity are predominantly located in the Central Plateau, the Khuzestan and Southern Coastal Plains and the Caspian Coastal Plain. The process of salinization of the surface water resources is mainly due to natural conditions, and to a lesser extent, to the discharge of drainage water into the river systems. Estimates show that about 6.7 km3 of brackish water flow annually through 12 major rivers. There is no straightforward solution to the complex problems of salt-induced soil and water resources degradation in Iran. The approaches addressing the management of these resources need to be multidimensional and must take into account biophysical and environmental conditions of the target areas as well as livelihood aspects of the associated communities.
Ecophysiology of High Salinity Tolerant Plants
Author: M. Ajmal Khan
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2006-05-16
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 1402040180
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The halophytes are highly specialized plants, which have greater tolerance to salt. They can germinate, grow and reproduce successfully in saline areas which would cause the death of regular plants. Most halophytic species are found in salt marsh systems along seashores or around landlocked inland lakes and flat plains with high evaporation. The halophytes play very significant role in the saline areas specially in the coast by overcoming the salinity in different ways, viz. with regulating mechanisms in which excess salts are excreted and with out regulating mechanism, which may include succulents or cumulative types. Besides that they protect coast from erosion and cyclones, provide feeding ground and nursery for fish, shrimps and birds. Halophytes get increasing attention today because of the steady increase of the salinity in irrigation systems in the arid and semi-arid regions where the increasing population reaches the limits of freshwater availability. In many countries, halophytes have been successfully grown on saline wasteland to provide animal fodder and have the potential for rehabilitation and even reclamation of these sites. The value of certain salt-tolerant grass species has been recognized by their incorporation in pasture improvement programs in many salt affected regions throughout the world. There have been recent advances in selecting species with high biomass and protein levels in combination with their ability to survive a wide range of environmental conditions, including salinity.
Agriculture in the Middle East
Author: Adel Salman
Publisher: Professors World Peace Academy
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Produced by the Professors World Peace Academy, this collection of essays by Middle Eastern scholars and experts examines the problems of a vast, largely arid region where the demand for food far outstrips the productive capacity of the land. The essays are grouped within five sections: water resources, agricultural production, the food production-consumption gap, problems confronting agricultural production, and prospects and potentials for agriculture and food production. Acidic paper. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Advances in Molecular Breeding Toward Drought and Salt Tolerant Crops
Author: Matthew A. Jenks
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2009-05-07
Total Pages: 819
ISBN-13: 1402055773
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →With near-comprehensive coverage of new advances in crop breeding for drought and salinity stress tolerance, this timely work seeks to integrate the most recent findings about key biological determinants of plant stress tolerance with modern crop improvement strategies. This volume is unique because is provides exceptionally wide coverage of current knowledge and expertise being applied in drought and salt tolerance research.
Developments in Soil Salinity Assessment and Reclamation
Author: Shabbir A. Shahid
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-01-15
Total Pages: 827
ISBN-13: 9400756844
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The papers assembled here cover topics such as technological advances in soil salinity mapping and monitoring, management and reclamation of salt-affected soils, use of marginal quality water for crop production, salt-tolerance mechanisms in plants, biosaline agriculture and agroforestry, microbiological interventions for marginal soils, opportunities and challenges in using marginal waters, and soil and water management in irrigated agriculture.
