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Innovations for sustainability and food security in arid and semiarid lands

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Title Innovations for sustainability and food security in arid and semiarid lands
 
Creator Toderich, Kristina
 
Description Dryland salinity, deforestation, decreasing productivity of rangelands and reduction of soil
productivity are widespread phenomena and primary causes of desertification in the Central
Asian region. The government of Uzbekistan is currently implementing effective measures to
step up the production of food, draw foreign investments into the sphere, introduce cutting edge
technologies, and boost export potential. These activities will ensure food security as a
component of socio-economic development and create needed conditions for the dynamic
development of a domestic agricultural industry complex that has an enormous production
potential, and thus facilitate steadfast enhancement of the well-being, stability and prosperity of
the country.
To further the effectiveness of these activities, the ICAL2 conference is bringing together a
group of internationally recognized experts, senior scientists from international research
organizations, industry representatives, international development aid agencies, governmental
leaders, policymakers and other stakeholders to share novel knowledge and experience in
combating desertification and innovations in agriculture for ensuring food security and
ecosystem resilience in arid and semi-arid regions. The participants will also address a number of
research and development opportunities for marginal water resources and lands to prevent
salinization and promote sustainable management of natural resources, including conservation of
indigenous traditions of the desert and semi-desert zones. It is anticipated that the conference
will highlight novel tools for evaluation and utilization of phytogenetic resources of saline
dryland ecosystems and suggesting biological approaches and strategies for soil/water
reclamation and sustainable use for improving food security and livelihood of people in these
less favourable areas around the world.
The overall expected outcome of the ICAL2 conference is increased awareness of the major
challenges for agriculture and food security posed by climate change and the establishment of a
platform for future international research collaborations in the area of combating desertification
and degradation of natural and cultural environments in the desert and semidesert areas.
 
Date 2017-01-10T00:13:56Z
2017-01-10T00:13:56Z
 
Type Conference Proceedings
 
Identifier https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/foQPrKSL
Kristina Toderich. (10/9/2014). Innovations for sustainability and food security in arid and semiarid lands. Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/5442
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA)