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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS


CSSRI

Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, India

DBH

Diameter at breast height

ESP

Exchangeable sodium percentage

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

ICID

International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage

IDA

International Development Agency

IFAD

International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFDM

Integrated on-farm drainage management

IGNP

Indira Ghandi Nahar Project

IPTRID

International Programme for Technology and Research in Irrigation and Drainage

ISIA

Institute of Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture

Mha

Mega hectare (ha x 106)

ML

Mega litres (l x 106) mM Milli Molar (mol-3)

MOAC

Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, India

NGO

Non-governmental organization

NIAB

Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology, Pakistan

OECF

Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund, Japan

SAR

Sodium adsorbtion ratio

SBC

Serial biological concentration

SCARP

Salinity control and reclamation project

UNHCR

United Nations High Commission for Refugees

WFP

World Food Programme


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