Utilization of Marginal Water and Lands in the Zerafshan Rever Basin as Part of a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy

cg.contactkhujanazarov@gmail.comen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Center for Biosaline Agriculture - ICBAen_US
cg.contributor.centerCGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems - DSen_US
cg.contributor.centerKyoto University, Disaster Prevention Research Institute - KU - DPRIen_US
cg.contributor.crpCGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems - DSen_US
cg.contributor.funderCGIAR System Organization - CGIARen_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.coverage.countryTJen_US
cg.coverage.countryTMen_US
cg.coverage.countryUZen_US
cg.coverage.regionCentral Asiaen_US
cg.issn0917-6985en_US
cg.issue1en_US
cg.journalJournal of Arid Land Studiesen_US
cg.subject.agrovocclimate changeen_US
cg.subject.agrovocwater qualityen_US
cg.volume24en_US
dc.contributorToderich, Kristinaen_US
dc.contributorTanaka, Kenjien_US
dc.creatorKhujanazarov, Temuren_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-17T21:06:10Z
dc.date.available2020-08-17T21:06:10Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper considers how marginal mineralized waters and salt affected soils can contribute to land remediation and create additional nutrition values for livestock and agropastoral communities through cultivation of arid/semiarid salt loving plants (halophytes) under water scarcity conditions. The mobility of toxic pollutants is highly facilitated by both chemical properties of soils and the aridity of the climate. Plants under such environments face multiple stresses caused by high temperatures, water and soil salinity, heavy metals, high PH and long-term water-shortage. There are limited numbers of native species along Zeravshan River Basin able to establish themselves in these soils and produce palatable biomass. Being irrigated with low quality drainage and thermal artesian water, species of the genera Artemisia, Climacoptera, Alhagi, Glycyrrhiza and Kochia exhibited clear distribution patterns and their abundance ar1d yield of green biomass varied significantly along salinity and aridity climatic gradients. The limits of mineralization of the marginal water optimum for crops growth and green biomass accumulation were found to be varied in the range of 2000-8200 mg 1·1. The soil salinity at the root zone was about 45 dS m·1 and salinity level of the ground water was 8.0-16.5 dS m·1, inappropriate for the imitation of traditional agricultural crops. A monitoring system for controlling interaction of chemical content of non-conventional irrigation water and salt affected soils through plants above-ground biomass over several sites in downstream area of Zeravshan river flow was established. Alternative use of marginal water and lands play a significant role in further development of climate change adaptation strategy leading to produce autumn-winter forage and improve the feeding system for livestock, thus diversifying animal products and incomes of local agropastoral communities by ensuring sustainable ecosystem function and resilience.en_US
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dc.identifierhttps://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/downloadmelspace/hash/9e533d0599d06b4f0292209eb9015bc3/v/d360f07c47ddf3fa99793e0862ce9b86en_US
dc.identifier.citationTemur Khujanazarov, Kristina Toderich, Kenji Tanaka. (6/1/2014). Utilization of Marginal Water and Lands in the Zerafshan Rever Basin as Part of a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy. Journal of Arid Land Studies, 24 (1), pp. 101-104.en_US
dc.identifier.statusOpen accessen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/11608
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherThe Japanese Association for Arid Land Studiesen_US
dc.rightsCC-BY-4.0en_US
dc.sourceJournal of Arid Land Studies;24,Pagination 101-104en_US
dc.subjectland remediationen_US
dc.subjectmarginal watersen_US
dc.subjectzeravshan riveren_US
dc.titleUtilization of Marginal Water and Lands in the Zerafshan Rever Basin as Part of a Climate Change Adaptation Strategyen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dcterms.available2014-01-06en_US
dcterms.extent101-104en_US
dcterms.issued2014-01-06en_US

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