Focus Group Soil Salinisation

Tasks

• Make an inventory of European areas affected by soil salinisation and the current agricultural practices in these areas.
• Identify and assess the sustainability of good and innovative farming practices from various paedoclimatic contexts within the EU, which can prevent and reduce the threat of soil salinisation or control its negative effects.
• Explore opportunities to add market value to locally adapted varieties which are (more) tolerant to salt stress so as to compensate yield reduction.
• Discuss the potential of minor crops with increased tolerance to salt stress.
• Propose potential innovative actions and ideas for Operational Groups.
• Identify needs from practice and possible gaps in knowledge concerning soil salinisation which may be solved by further research.

Final Report

Duration

2019 -2020