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...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. High Rate Transpiration Systems (HRTS) for Control of Waterlogging
• 3. Bio-Management Options for Greening and Water-table Control
• 4. Controlling Seepage and Salinity Using Trees: Australian Experiences
• 5. Response of Woody Plants to Flooding and Salinity
• 6. Agroforestry to Enhance Farm Productivity in Coastal Waterlogged Areas
• 7. Safer Disposal of Wastewater for Greening the Urban and Peri-urban Areas and Revenue Generation
• 8. Tree-based Integrated Agricultural Model for Enhancing farm Productivity of Waterlogged Areas
• 9. Biomanagement Options for Carbon Sequestration, Ecosystem Services and Mitigating Climate Change
• 10. Comparison of Models for Estimating Evapo-transpiration of Irrigated Eucalypt Plantations
• 11. Biomanagement: Socio-economic and Policy Issues and Challenges.