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Managing Soil Salinity in the Lower Reaches of the Amudarya Delta: How to Break the Vicious Circle
This case study focuses on the vicious circle of soil
salinization: agriculture’s consumption of large
amounts of water contributes to shallow groundwater,
leading to recurring soil salinity, which in
turn demands more ...
Varietal Adoption, Outcomes and Impact
This chapter focuses on the adoption and turnover of cultivars of crops, such as soyabean, maize, pigeon pea, wheat, cassava, rice, potato, barley, yam, groundnut, bean, sorghum, cowpea, pearl millet, chickpea, faba bean, ...
The Fallacy of Irrigation Modernization
Many countries are keen to move away from traditional surface irrigation systems to more modern and efficient systems such as drip and sprinkler irrigation. Surface irrigation systems are less efficient in terms of water ...