ABSTRACT Irrigated fruit crops have an important role in the economic and social aspects in the region of the Sub-middle São Francisco River Valley. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate soil ...

The Salinity Crisis: A Threat to Food Security Soil salinization occurs when water-soluble salts accumulate in soil to levels that inhibit plant growth. The salinity disrupts the plant’s ability to ...

Sri Lankan Police Is Reviving Salt Contaminated Farms. Here's How The UN FAO said in a 2024 report that saltwater from seas and oceans affects 10.7 per cent of the Earth's land, making it ...

Thus, considering the dynamic nature of soil salinity, the FAO (43) data may be considered outdated in terms of presenting recent data on salt-affected soils. Furthermore, there is a lack of ...

The soil salinity may increase considerably after one season of irrigation with saline water (FAO, 1973). Under steady-state and ideal field conditions, soil water salinity generally ranges from a low ...

Inland, excessive irrigation without proper drainage causes soil salinization, reducing crop yields and rendering land infertile. According to a 2024 report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization ...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / July 3, 2025 / Published by Action Against Hunger.July 3, 2025 New York, NYPlease contact [email protected] for inquiries.Bangladesh has been repeatedly ...

According to the FAO, salinity eliminates up to 3.7 million acres of farmland from production globally every year, and it decreases the yield of nearly 113 million acres a year.

That problem is a sharp increase in soil salinity across swaths of the planet, exacerbated by climate change. Sea-level rise is pushing salt water farther into coastal farmland; food producers from ...