Prevention of land degradation in the aral sea region undergoing disastrous desertification by increasing tolerance of symbiotic nitrogen fixation (snf) to salinity

Objective

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan form a cost of the Aral Sea, which is one of the Earth's greatest human-produced ecological disasters occurred in Central Asia. Intensive-over-usage of water in arid areas was followed by dramatic desertification, loss of plant cover, soil erosion and salinity. Combining new methodologies and recent advances in symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF), the project will focused on the selection of several rhizobia-legume (Medicago, Meliotus and Galega) symbioses tolerant tosalinity and beneficial for sustainable agriculture in saline soils. By planting legumes, which form deep root system, it will be Possible to cease the soil erosion, to enrich soils by fixed atmospheric nitrogen, to develop legume pastures and through that increase crop productivity and finally to demonstrate to Central Asian people advantages of bio-strategy to maintain sustainable agricultural development in those marginal lands

Fields of science

• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture › sustainable agriculture
• social sciences › economics and business › economics › production economics › productivity
• natural sciences › biological sciences › biological behavioural sciences › ethology › biological interactions
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture › grains and oilseeds › legumes

Programme(s)

• FP5-INCO 2 - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Confirming the international role of Community research,1998-2002"

Topic(s)

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Call for proposal

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Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE

Address

Via Romana 17/19
50125 Firenze
Italy

Participants (8)

AACHEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Germany

Address

1,worringer Weg 1
52074 Aachen

CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

Spain

Address

1,profesor Albareda 1
18008 Granada

Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)

France

Address

147 Rue De L'université
75341 Paris

N.I. VAVILOV RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES

Russia

Address

B. Morskaya Street, 42
190000 Sint Petersburg

PRI ARALSKAYA RESEARCH STATION OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES

Kazakhstan

Address

Tashkentskay Street 27
464760 Aktjubinsk-shalkar

RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL MICROBIOLOGY

Russia

Address

Podbelsky Shosse 3
189620 Pushkin

TASHKENT STATE UNIVERSITY

Uzbekistan

Address

Vuz-gorodok
700095 Tashkent

UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI

Finland

Address

9,viikinkaari 9, Biocenter 1a
00014 Helsinki