{"id":10848,"date":"2021-10-25T11:00:37","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/articles\/fao-sale-coltivazioni-globali\/"},"modified":"2021-10-26T08:52:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T06:52:51","slug":"fao-salt-world-crops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/agricultural-industry\/fao-salt-world-crops\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Excess salt threatens up to 50% of global crops&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Salt overdose in world soils may impact on the lives of 1.5 billion people. But some best practices can help us solve the problem, FAO says<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Excess salt can affect <strong>from 20 to 50% of all agricultural land on the Planet<\/strong>, &#8220;meaning over 1.5 billion people worldwide face significant challenges in growing food due to soil degradation,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/newsroom\/detail\/salt-affected-soils-map-symposium\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> <strong>FAO<\/strong>. The numbers have been revealed with the launch of the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/global-soil-partnership\/gsasmap\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Map<\/a> during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/events\/global-symposium-on-salt-affected-soils\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Symposium on Salt-Affected Soils<\/a> last week. <strong>Saline and sodic<\/strong> subsoils (30-100 cm depth) extend for <strong>833 million hectares<\/strong> in addition to at least <strong>424 million<\/strong> hectares of salt-affected topsoil (0-30 cm).<\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3yeR4zEetg\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/agriculture-for-healthy-diet\/\">Sustainable agriculture is the leading way to a healthy diet, FAO says<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Sustainable agriculture is the leading way to a healthy diet, FAO says&#8221; &#8212; Re Soil Foundation\" src=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/agriculture-for-healthy-diet\/embed\/#?secret=3yeR4zEetg\" data-secret=\"3yeR4zEetg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h5>Most affected areas: Asia, Africa and Latin America<\/h5>\n<p>The study, involving 118 countries, examined so-called salt-affected soils (SAS). A definition that includes <strong>saline and sodic soils<\/strong> (including alkaline soils, those with a pH 8.5 or higher). Sodic ones are much more common, accounting for <strong>85% of salt-affected topsoils<\/strong> and 62% of affected subsoil . Only 5% of topsoils and 14% of subsoil suffer from both salinization and sodification. The most affected areas are found in <strong>Asia, Africa and Latin America<\/strong>, especially in deserts and steppes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kQcax3Rv4oA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>More salt, less productivity<\/h5>\n<p>According to FAO, &#8220;Soils can become salt-affected very quickly for a variety of reasons: due to human mismanagement, excessive or inappropriate use of <a href=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/agricolture-fao-fertilizers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fertilisers<\/a>, <strong>deforestation<\/strong>, sea level rises, a shallow water table which affects the rootzone, or seawater intrusion into groundwater that is then used for irrigation. <strong>Climate chang<\/strong>e is also raising the stakes, with models suggesting that global drylands could expand by as much as 23 percent mostly in developing countries &#8211; by the end of the century.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The problem is that salty soils are also <strong>less fertile<\/strong> &#8220;and therefore pose a threat to the global fight against hunger and poverty&#8221;. Il fenomeno, inoltre, &#8220;reduce water quality and <strong>soil biodiversity<\/strong> while increasing soil erosion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"m9GjrpQcmd\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/chinese-seabuckthorn-desertification\/\">Anti-desertification Chinese sea buckthorn brings a new hope for Asia<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Anti-desertification Chinese sea buckthorn brings a new hope for Asia&#8221; &#8212; Re Soil Foundation\" src=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/chinese-seabuckthorn-desertification\/embed\/#?secret=m9GjrpQcmd\" data-secret=\"m9GjrpQcmd\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h5>From monitoring to best practices<\/h5>\n<p>Salt-affected soils map ( which has finally harmonized national data) has two goals, said <strong>Christian Omuto<\/strong>, former professor of soil engineering at the University of Nairobi and currently FAO consultant: describing the distribution of the issue on the planet and identifying areas at moderate risk, especially agricultural areas, which <strong>can be recovered<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The latter issue, in particular, was at the center of the discussions at the symposium different best practices were compared. The <strong>application of organic matter<\/strong> &#8211; such as <a href=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/rice-residue-sustainable-solution-contaminated-soil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rice husks<\/a>, for example &#8211; in saline soils has proved to be successful. \u00a0Although its large-scale use is not always possible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;In poor countries there is usually a shortage of organic matter to be used in the soil,&#8221;said, <strong>Kristina Toderich<\/strong>, a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biosaline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Center for Biosaline Agriculture ( ICBA)<\/a> in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/323383499_Soil_salinity_assessment_in_Syrdarya_Province_Uzbekistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the most salt-affected countries<\/a> in the world. That&#8217;s why new solutions must be studied, she said.<\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"kmiYFDQLif\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/sustainable-soil-carbon-offesetting\/\">Well managed soil can offset as much as 34% of agricultural emissions<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Well managed soil can offset as much as 34% of agricultural emissions&#8221; &#8212; Re Soil Foundation\" src=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/sustainable-soil-carbon-offesetting\/embed\/#?secret=kmiYFDQLif\" data-secret=\"kmiYFDQLif\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h5>Good news: &#8220;We can live with salt&#8221;.<\/h5>\n<p>The list of <strong>best practices<\/strong>, which might be collected in a special database in the future, is quite extensive. As it includes various methods such as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phytoremediation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">phytoremediation<\/a>, crop rotation and the use of bioinoculants. In short, the good news is that we can even live with salt. As long as we know how to manage it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Salt-affected soils poses multiple constraints to agriculture, but if managed sustainably can provide a good livehood for farmers,&#8221; says <strong>Mohammad Jamal Khan<\/strong>, a member of FAO&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/global-soil-partnership\/itps\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils<\/a> (ITPS). &#8220;SASs have a greatpotential when restored and can contribute to climate change mitigation efforts.&#8221; Therefore, &#8220;wetlands need to be preserved through the use of soil conditioners.&#8221; As well as we need to &#8220;plant salt-resistant crops where the climate is drier and better manage irrigation practices.&#8221; Finally, <strong>economic factors<\/strong> are crucial. 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