Salinity research paper

Expanding problems of soil salinity and waterlogging have become serious issues of concern as they affect productivity and threaten the very sustainability of agriculture. The state-of-the-art of salinity management in India and the latest developments in salinity research have been discussed in this paper.

Indians had long back recognized the infertility of soils inflicted by salinity. In ancient (desert). It is only during the middle of the 19 th century that salinity was recognize d as a potential threat to agriculture. While trac ing out the history of soil salinity, Singh

According to an FAO survey (2008), it is expected that over 800 million ha will be affected by salinity in the near future, making it a major constraint to food production for a steadily increasing population. Rapidly shrinking agricultural land, due to industrialization and/or habitat use is a major threat to sustainable food production.

Salinity always affected the security of the ever-increasing population was at stake. Now, there is an increased biosaline agriculture. salinity research in agriculture but many pr oblems remain unanswered. In the scenario research scientists has increased manifold.