WP 4 Potential analysis for saline cropping on regional and global scale

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Salinity mainly occurs in areas with high evaporation, little precipitation level, high oceanic water tables and/or irrigated agriculture. Typical areas with salinity problems are river deltas in arid or semi-arid areas, inland areas with shallow watertables or coastal deserts. Already today salinity is affecting an area responsible for as much as 10% of all agricultural output and every year the area of salt affected land increases by 10 million hectares.

The objective of this work package is to characterize and quantify the arid and semi-arid areas affected by salinity and to assess their (global) biomass production potential.

Deliverables
D10: Systematic approach to characterize saline areas in arid and semi-arid regions with regard to crop production features
D11: GIS-based global map of saline areas in arid and semi-arid regions and their characteristics
D12: Physical potentials of biomass production on saline areas and information about the location of saline biomass production
D13: Economic potentials of biomass production on saline areas