A review of water pollution arising from agriculture and mining activities in Central Asia: Facts, causes and effects

Y Liu, P Wang, B Gojenko, J Yu, L Wei, D Luo… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Central Asia is one of many regions worldwide that face severe water shortages;
nevertheless, water pollution in this region exacerbates the existing water stress and …

[HTML][HTML] Soil salinity and drought tolerance: An evaluation of plant growth, productivity, microbial diversity, and amelioration strategies

M Muhammad, A Waheed, A Wahab, M Majeed… - Plant Stress, 2024 - Elsevier
Global climate change affects weather patterns, affecting soil salinity and drought tolerance.
Crop resilience and agriculture sustainability can be enhanced by exploring soil salinity …

Desertification

A Mirzabaev, J Wu, J Evans, F García-Oliva… - 2019 - philpapers.org
Abstract IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND (SRCCL) Chapter 3:
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land …

Halophyte agriculture: Success stories

S Panta, T Flowers, P Lane, R Doyle, G Haros… - … and experimental botany, 2014 - Elsevier
The world's food production will need to increase by up to 70% by 2050 to match the
predicted population growth. Achieving this goal will be challenging due to the decreased …

Freshwater availability status across countries for human and ecosystem needs

G Baggio, M Qadir, V Smakhtin - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Water demand is expected to continue rising to support growing population, particularly in
water-stressed countries and regions. Amid competitive water needs for agricultural …

Municipal solid waste (MSW): Strategies to improve salt affected soil sustainability: A review

MD Meena, RK Yadav, B Narjary, G Yadav, HS Jat… - Waste management, 2019 - Elsevier
Salt-induced soil degradation is a serious threat to global agriculture which is responsible
for diminished productivity of agro-ecosystems. Irrigation with poor quality water and …

Impact of agricultural land use in Central Asia: a review

A Hamidov, K Helming, D Balla - Agronomy for sustainable development, 2016 - Springer
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 …

Achieving sustainable irrigation requires effective management of salts, soil salinity, and shallow groundwater

D Wichelns, M Qadir - Agricultural Water Management, 2015 - Elsevier
Salinity and waterlogging have impacted agricultural production in arid areas for more than
2000 years. The causes of the problems are well known, as are the methods and …

Buried straw layer plus plastic mulching reduces soil salinity and increases sunflower yield in saline soils

Y Zhao, Y Li, J Wang, H Pang, Y Li - Soil and Tillage Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Soil salinization is a major limitation to high crop yield in saline soils of the Hetao Irrigation
District of Inner Mongolia, China. As such, people are forced to use better and more effective …

Indicator-based assessments of the coupling coordination degree and correlations of water-energy-food-ecology nexus in Uzbekistan

S Song, X Chen, T Liu, C Zan, Z Hu, S Huang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Grappling with the global ecological concern of the Aral Sea disaster, Uzbekistan
exemplifies the urgent necessity of unravelling and addressing the complex Water-Energy …