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CAC News No 61-62. July-December 2014
In this issue:
a) New center for grain seed production opens in Uzbekistan
b) Researchers identify new wheat in Turkmenistan
c) Mainstreaming integrated pest management in Central Asia
d) Scientists urge more attention ...
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 ...
Agriculture for Marginal Lands in Central Asia
Due to freshwater scarcity, countries located in the Aral Sea and Caspian Sea Basins are struggling to grow enough food and animal feed to meet the need of a fast growing population. The situation is further exacerbated ...
Multipurpose Use of Marginal Lands and Water (crop diversification, agroforestry, pasture-livestock production system) under saline environment
Multipurpose Use of Marginal Lands and Water (crop diversification, agroforestry, pasture-livestock production system) under saline environment
CAC News No 59-60. January-June 2014
In this issue
a) Saving Georgia’s biodiversity for food security of future generations
b) New ‘super’ pearl millet approved for countrywide cultivation in Uzbekistan
c) Changing face of agriculture in northern Tajikistan
d) ...
Morphophysiological Adaptation Aspects of Different Haloxylon aphyllum (Chenopodiaceae) Genotypes Along a Salinity Gradient1
The seedlings of Haloxylon aphyllum from seeds with different genetic characteristics, which were
collected in three natural subpopulations along a soil salinity gradient, were investigated. The plants grown
under various ...
Utilization of Marginal Water and Lands in the Zerafshan Rever Basin as Part of a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
This paper considers how marginal mineralized waters and salt affected soils can contribute to land remediation and create additional nutrition values for livestock and agropastoral communities through cultivation of ...
CAC e- Newsletter May, 2014: Combating land degradation in Central Asia
The degradation of land, a blanket term for all natural resources contributing to agricultural production, is a serious socioeconomic and environmental problem in Central Asia.
Деградация земель, общий термин, охватывающий ...
Brief Report on the Second International Conference on Arid Land Studies (ICAL 2): Innovations for Sustainability and Food Security in Arid and Semi arid areas
The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) has organized a round table meeting at ICAL2
on 12 September with various distinguished agriculture and research organizations from the Central Asia region. Dr.Shoaib ...
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 ...