Agroforestry for the Management of Waterlogged Saline Soils and Poor-Quality Waters

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dagar, Jagdish Chander (Editor), Minhas, Paramjit (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Advances in Agroforestry, 13
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Environmental management.; Climate change.; Agriculture.; Life Sciences.; Environmental Management.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Climate Change Management and Policy.

Land degradation caused by salinity and waterlogging is a global problem afflicting about one billion hectares and endangering the food security of at least 75 countries. Since the social, economic and environmental costs of on and/off-farm reclamation techniques are high, agroforestry is now emergi...