{"id":32281,"date":"2024-03-11T11:00:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/?p=32281"},"modified":"2024-03-11T12:32:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T11:32:29","slug":"china-solution-saline-soils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/agricultural-industry\/china-solution-saline-soils\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers in China propose a new solution for saline-alkaline soils"},"content":{"rendered":"

For more than a decade, a group of researchers in China has been developing a restoration method based on planting crop stems that prevent salt from rising to the surface, writes the South China Morning Post<\/h2>\n

by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n

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Turning salt-rich soils in China<\/strong> into fertile soils: that is the goal of scientists working in Wuyuan County, Inner Mongolia. The initiative, reported<\/a> by the South China Morning Post, involves a group of scientists led by Li Yuyi, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.<\/p>\n

“Saline-alkaline<\/strong> land contains an excess of both soluble salts and exchangeable sodium, making it more difficult to farm,” the Hong Kong newspaper writes. “Farmers in Wuyuan overirrigate their farmland with water from the nearby Yellow River throughout the year, causing the water table to rise and salts in the soil to migrate upwards.”<\/p>\n

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China launches anti-erosion black soil campaign<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n