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Climate notes: Too Much Salt Ruins Soil

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  • Markus Zimmer
  • Jana Lippelt
  • Jonas Frank

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The growing use of irrigation facilities, combined with a lack of experience and knowledge regarding the proper use of artificial irrigation, have led to a massive increase in soil salinization in the last few decades. This soil salinization has made large areas of land unusable for agriculture. This land can only be restored at great cost and effort. This article in the series “Climate notes” offers an overview of salinization in farming areas and outlines possible countermeasures.

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  • Markus Zimmer & Jana Lippelt & Jonas Frank, 2012. "Climate notes: Too Much Salt Ruins Soil," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 65(19), pages 51-53, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:65:y:2012:i:19:p:51-53
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    JEL classification:

    • Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
    • Q20 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - General
    • Q25 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Water
    • Q51 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Valuation of Environmental Effects
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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