Asia Water Academy - Saline Agriculture

The Academy

Asia Water Academy is an online water, environment and climate education platform for professionals in Asia who seek to improve their skills and knowledge through interdisciplinary and practice-oriented courses.

The Course

In this online course, the teachers will introduce the topic of salinity and saline agriculture. The course takes a global multi-disciplinary approach. Ecological, geological, hydroclimatic, social and economic perspectives will all be discussed. First, multiple concepts related to salinity will be addressed, including causes and effects. Afterwards, practical solutions for mitigating and adapting to salinity that are grounded in science will be provided. Finally, multiple case studies and examples from the field will be discussed, in order to understand the subject in pragmatic fashion.