Agriculture is major sector in the economy of Central Asia. The sustainable use of
agricultural land is therefore essential to economic growth, human well-being, social equity …

Saline wastewater originating from sources such as agriculture, aquaculture, and many
industrial sectors usually contains high salts and other contaminants, which adversely affect …

Saline wastewaters are usually generated by various industries, including the chemical,
pharmaceutical, agricultural, and aquacultural industries. The discharge of untreated high …

Saline wastewater contains numerous pollutants such as nutrients, heavy metals,
micropollutants, and organic pollutants. This kind of wastewater needs to be treated prior to …

Food insecurity and declining availability of freshwater and new productive land in water-
scarce areas and countries necessitate effective use of marginal-quality waters and …

Expansion of irrigated agriculture in the Aral Sea Basin in the second half of the twentieth
century led to the conversion of vast tracks of virgin land into productive agricultural systems …

To ensure food supply, phosphorus must be recycled, for which an appealing method is
using struvite fertilizer from human excreta. One struvite from black water and another from …

Clarifying the relationship between salt-affected soils and their adjacent river systems is
critical to address the challenges posed by soil salinization on agricultural production …

Different industrial activities such as agro‐food processing and manufacturing, leather
manufacturing, and paper and pulp production generate highly saline wastewater. Direct …

Most irrigated lands in the Republic of Kazakhstan are in its southern part, in the large deltas
and ancient alluvial plains in the basins of the rivers Syr Darya and Ili. The combination of …