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... salinity to spread to new areas . Added to the area already menaced by salinity , this will mean desertification of nearly the whole of Bangladesh . Dr Fazal suggests an alternative action plan . To prevent salinity , he proposes the ...
... salinity to spread to new areas . Added to the area already menaced by salinity , this will mean desertification of nearly the whole of Bangladesh . Dr Fazal suggests an alternative action plan . To prevent salinity , he proposes the ...
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... SALINITY AND ALKALINITY IN IRRIGATED LANDS . · G. Varallyay , in Arid Land Irrigation in Develo- ping Countries Environmental Problems and Effects , edited by E Barton Worthington , Perga- mon Press , Oxford 1977 ( 4,000 words ) . T his ...
... SALINITY AND ALKALINITY IN IRRIGATED LANDS . · G. Varallyay , in Arid Land Irrigation in Develo- ping Countries Environmental Problems and Effects , edited by E Barton Worthington , Perga- mon Press , Oxford 1977 ( 4,000 words ) . T his ...
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... salinity problem can be seen as part of the process of desertification in South Australia . Increasing levels of salinity are posing real threats to the productivity and via- bility of irrigated land along the River Murray , and are ...
... salinity problem can be seen as part of the process of desertification in South Australia . Increasing levels of salinity are posing real threats to the productivity and via- bility of irrigated land along the River Murray , and are ...
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