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Cross-regional partnerships for improving food and nutritional security in marginal environments of Central Asia
Drought and salinity has a far greater effect on food security in Central Asia. Evaluation, domestication and sustainable utilization of native and introduced halophytic and salt-tolerant plant resources ...
Enhanced Forage and Bioenergy Production
Salinization is a global problem facing agricultural in arid and semi-arid regions with estimates of more than 1.5 million hectares of agricultural land lost yearly to salinity. Cultivating halophytes that remove salts ...
New winter wheat varieties for improving productivity on saline fields in Central Asia
Wheat productivity is being adversely impacted by rising soil salinity in the fields of Central Asia, as a consequence of climate change and many other factors. Salinity reduces grain yield and negatively influences many ...
Towards Sustainable Food Production for Marginal Lands in Aral and Caspian Sea Basins
The Aralo-Caspian lowlands, a prime example of marginal and saline environments, face serious threats to sustaining the ever-growing population and the livelihoods of local farmer groups. Water scarcity and variable climatic ...
Promotion of high yield forage crops in shortfarming rotation system under sprinkler irrigation on marginal lands (Kazakhstan)
In southern-western part of Kazakhstan like in other Central Asian countries, intensive irrigation leads to soil erosion, loss of organic matter, salinization and waterlogging. The awareness of ...
CGIAR research program on integrated agricultural production systems for the poor and vulnerable in dry areas (CRP drylands Central Asia)
Being predominantly an agro-pastoral agricultural system, the area around the Aral Sea is affected by a very high degree of land degradation, characterized by intensive soil salinity, rising of ...