Video: Salt in the Fields | California Watch

A continued problem met by Farmers worldwide is that of Soil Salinity.   Because fresh water -- whether from surface or groundwater sources -- is a non-renewable resource, it is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain Agriculture in arid and semi-arid regions around the world.  To illustrate this growing concern of soil salinization within rural communities located in areas of Interior drainage, California Watch produced a video detailing the current plight of farmers in the San Joaquin Valley, CA USA in September 2012.

Salt in the Fields
(Video Transcript; Reveal; September 27, 2012)
https://www.revealnews.org/article/video-salt-in-the-fields/

The Scientific community has taken soil salinization to task by researching Irrigation Salinity and Irrigated Agriculture Sustainability in light of continued limited fresh water resources - a stark reality faced by Agriculture, Industry and Environmental stakeholders alike.  Therefore, I present the following two articles; the first presented at the 2nd International Salinity Forum:  Salinity, Water and Society - Global Issues, Local Action in 2008, and the second published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in 2005 for your perusal:

Irrigation Salinity:  The State of Knowledge and Emerging Issues 
(SUAREZ, 2008)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/53102000/pdf_pubs/P2280.pdf


Sustainability of Irrigated Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley, CA
(SCHOUPS et al., 2005)
http://www.pnas.org/content/102/43/15352.full.pdf


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Achieving salt balance in Tulare Lake basin (konvideoful; September 8, 2013)

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