| Cash Crop Halophytes: Recent Studies: 10 Years After Al Ain Meeting 2003 Edition Contributor(s): Lieth, Helmut (Editor), Mochtchenko, Marina (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1402012020 ISBN-13: 9781402012020 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $208.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2004 Annotation: The last decade has witnessed a sharp increase in losses of arable land from salinisation. In Europe this is especially hard for the farmers in the Mediterranean countries where irrigation farming is very common and many fields have reached a soil salinity level which prevents farmers from raising common crops. This is a world wide problem in dry and semi-dry tropical regions. The losses in soil fertility in certain regions is so severe that rural populations are either starving, leaving their villages or requesting permanent living support through foreign aid. In recent years several scientists in Europe have developed research projects for the sustainable utilisation of halophytes. Together with their North African, Arabian and South Asian colleagues they developed a research network which produced rapidly promising aspects for cashcrop halophytes. Most of their work was based on the collection of papers from an international meeting in Al Ain/UAE. This volume presents useful examples of research from that meeting and the presentation of new research topics. It was found that two avenues were of immediate need: -The development of pilot projects and, |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Agronomy - General - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology - Technology & Engineering | Food Science - General |
| Dewey: 570 |
| LCCN: 2003044501 |
| Series: Tasks for Vegetation Science |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 7" W x 10" (1.52 lbs) 254 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume is a landmark in the development of the of pilot plantations in order to demonstrate the eco- halophyte ecology research and development for the logical sustainability and the economic feasibility of saline irrigated production systems. following reasons: This book is intended to provide starting points for 1. The volume brings together contributions from work at several levels of research from physiology many countries from which otherwise little infor- through chemistry and practical applications to taxon- mation is available in the international literature. omy and floristic analyses. The volume is structured in this way and shows the different approaches possible 2. The volume summarises through individual con- in different parts of the world limited by the interest of tributors the state of research possibilities in many the local scientists, laboratory and monetary resources developing countries. available or suggested by the type of information 3. The volume documents the latest work by the mem- needed for further studies. bers of the European Union's Concerted Action Towards the end of this book we report on the initi- Group "Sustainable utilisation of halophytes in the ation of the new scientific society dealing with the Mediterranean and subtropical dry regions". problems to be solved to create new cash crop halo- phytes which is very much needed for the immediate 4. The volume reports contributions from the work- future in many developing countries with desert or shop held at the beginning of the EXPO 2000, semi desert climates. |