Author: Compiled & Reviewed by: Joseph Shalhevet and Josephine Kamburov

Year: 1976,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Salinity problem exists particularly in semi-arid and arid areas where irrigation is widely used for food and fibre production. Without control of salinity of soil and in water the irrigation systems failed in the past due to man's inability to cope with salinity. The technology and concepts of saline water irrigation are sufficiently developed for sustained production today and are discussed by the experts in this publication. The book deals with quality of irrigation water, effects of saline water on soils and crops, reclamation of saline and sodic soils, economics of saline water irrigation and summarised general recommendations.