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Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
Farmers' ability to cope with salinity and sodicity: Farmers' perceptions, strategies and practices for dealing with salinity and sodicity in their farming systems
Author:
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
Salinity and sodicity effects on soils and crops in the Chishtian Sub-division: Documentation of a restitution process
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Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Guideline for Salinity Assessment, Mitigation and Adaptation Using Nuclear and Related Techniques
Author: Mohammad Zaman
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 331996190X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 331996190X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
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.
Training Farmers to Organize Farmers
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Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
Farmers' use of basin, furrow and bed-and-furrow irrigation systems and the possibilities for traditional farmers to adopt the bed-and furrow irrigation method
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Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
Relating Farmers' Practices to Cotton Yields in the South-Punjab, Pakistan
Author: P.D.B.J. Meerbach
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
Prospects for farmer-managed irrigated agriculture in the Sindh Province of Pakistan - Final report.
Author:
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
Formalization of Water Users Associations by farmer leaders of Hakra 4-R Distributary
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Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Managing Irrigation for Enviornmentally Sustainable Agriculture in Pakistan
Author:
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Towards environmentally sustainable agriculture in the Indus Basin Irrigation System - Final report
Author:
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description