Future of Sustainable Agriculture in Saline Environments

ISBN-13: 9780367621469 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 519 str.

Katarzyna Negacz; Pier Vellinga; Edward Barrett-Lennard

Opis

Food production on present and future saline soils deserves the world’s attention particularly because food security is a pressing issue, millions of hectares of degraded soils are available world-wide, fresh water is becoming increasingly scarce, and the global sea-level rise threatens food production in fertile coastal lowlands. 

Spis treści

Section I: Saline Agriculture: Global State of the Art and Strategies 1. Saline Agriculture: A Call to Action 2. Achieving Multiple Sustainable Development Goals through Saline Agriculture 3. Agriculture in Salinising Landscapes in Southern Australia: Selected Research ‘Snapshots’ 4. Use and Management of Saline Water for Irrigation in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) Region 5. Salinization Threats to Agriculture across the North Sea Region 6. Economic Impact of Soil Salinization and the Potential for Saline Agriculture 7. Cost or Benefit? Estimating the Global Economic Potential of Saline Agriculture 8. Challenges and Opportunities for Saline Agriculture in Coastal Bangladesh 9. Innovations of the 21st Century in the Management of Iranian Salt-Affected Lands 10 An Approach to Monitoring of Salt-Affected Croplands Using Remote Sensing Data: The Case Study in the Nukus District (Uzbekistan) 11. From Desert Farm to Fork: Value Chain Development for Innovative Salicornia-Based Food Products in the United Arab Emirates Section II: Biosaline Agriculture in Delta and Coastal Environments 12. Saline Agriculture as a Way to Adapt to Sea Level Rise 13. Stakeholder Perspectives on the Issue of Salinization in Agriculture in the Netherlands 14. Mitigating and Adapting Agriculture of Coastal Areas in the Netherlands Wadden Sea Region to Increasing Salinization: From a Vision towards a Practical Implementation 15. Saline Farming in the Wadden Sea Region of the Netherlands: Promising Initiatives for Salt-Tolerant Crops and Saline Aquaculture 16. Viability of the Saline Farming of Quinoa and Seed Potatoes in the Netherlands: An Assessment Supported by a Value Chain Analysis of Both Products 17. Dynamics of Soil Salinity in Denmark 18. Climate-Resilient Agricultural Practices in the Saline-Prone Areas of Bangladesh 19. Salinity Dynamics and Water Availability in Water Bodies over a Dry Season in the Ganges Delta: Implications for Cropping Systems Intensification 20. The International Farmers’ Café on Salinization and Saline Agriculture: A Test Case for Participatory Research on Saline Agriculture 21. Putting Saline Agriculture into Practice: A Case Study from Bangladesh 22. Case Study – Stichting De Zilte Smaak: ‘Discovering Saline Farming Potential on Terschelling’ Section III: Crop Salt Tolerance and Microbiological Associations 23. Developments in Adaptation to Salinity at the Crop Level 24. Salt Effects on Plants: An Overview 25. Global Analysis of Differences in Plant Traits between Salt-Tolerant and Salt-Sensitive Plants 26. Comparative Study on the Response of Several Tomato Rootstocks to Drought and Salinity Stresses 27. Root Architecture and Productivity of Three Grass Species under Salt Stress 28. Quinoa, a Promising Halophyte with Modified Planting Date, and Minimum Water and Pesticide Requirements for Fars Province, Iran 29. Response of Quinoa to High Salinity under Arid Conditions 30. The Potential of Edible Halophytes as New Crops in Saline Agriculture: The Ice Plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.) Case Study 31. Salicornia Species: Current Status and Future Potential 32. Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria as an Alternative Strategy for the Amelioration of Salt-Stress Effects in Plants 33 Tolerance to Environmental Stresses: Do Fungal Endophytes Mediate Plasticity in Solanum Dulcamara?